A4 and other experienced A320 drivers
Thanks for your insights..and delicious sarcasm on this thread..even the humour platter is a learning note for some of us who have done the type rating on this marvel of an aircraft.
I wish to pose a question that I apologise in advance for if it seems without much substance to some of you...but I just wish to learn more than I did in the box 3 years ago. The issue of FF and F3 with respect to inexperiece...! Please A4, (without perturbing your coffee mug!) Can you kindly elucidate in what respect a recently trained A320 type rated pilot who met all the requisite standards to pass a rigorous simulator training having covered all the different configurations of landing in normal and abnormal conditions will be disadvantaged to carry out a F3 config approach? Surely all that is required is to allow for a slightly longer approach planning ahead to decelerate early and stabilized by the IMC/VMC stabilization decision altitudes of 1000' and 500' respectivelly?Additionally more awareness to prevent a tail strike during the flare is the only other major consideration I know when landing F3 on the bus. I found, personaly,the A320 an easier plane to learn to fly than the previous heavy turboprops and smaller jets I had trained on due to high level of automation assistance...even in hand flying mode.For me the workload between using F3 and FF was not necessarily additional..I just had to anticipate a different technique and apply it as the SOP dictated.Am I missing something gents?
Last edited by Trackdiamond; 21st October 2013 at 07:13.