On my first ride in Comet XV814 from Farnborough, the Captain, Ken Mills, indicated the some items on the centre console and told me that it was the prototype of the Trident system.
On my ATCO's 'How to fly a Trident in 2 weeks' course, I'm sure were were taught it was the captain's job to land the aircraft and the FO's job to go around, hence at 12 ft radio, the FO would call 'decide' and if the captain did not reply, the FO would advance the thrust levers thereby initiating the automatic go-around system. On the systems trainer we used, it was very sensitive and only needed the slightest touch for the thrust levers to slam forward!
Last edited by chevvron; 9th Apr 2013 at 23:08.