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Old 6th Oct 2017, 00:28
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PoppaJo
 
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Originally Posted by RAT 5
On finals it looks a little like pilot induced dutch roll. The aileron & rudder inputs were not too coordinated. The lack of finesse with rudder was further demo'd during the flair. I've not flown FBW or side-sticks. From those with hands on knowledge is this common or difficult in your early days? Having said that would EK put AB newbies directly onto A380? Surely not. OTOH we all have bad days occasionally.
EK don’t have a smaller Airbus to pickup the skills unless they joined with previous AB experience.

Usually 777 FO to A380.
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