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Well the good news about the 777, when QF drivers finally get their hands on it, is that all the magic is well hidden under the bonnet. Inside, it's just another Boeing. Very simple and straightforward, just better than anything before. Ever.
If you look carefully, the main evidence of the whiz bang stuff is three buttons on the top left hand side of the overhead: ADIRU (Air data Inertial Reference Unit), TAC (Thrust Assymetry Computer) and Primary Flight Controls (the Fly-By-Wire system).
Except to turn on the ADIRU before flight, you never touch these buttons and just fly the machine and enjoy yourself. All the envelope protection stuff and everything else about it is wonderful. Stuff like the electronic checklist system make even the most demanding sim. rides relatively easy to handle.
It is well worth looking forward to. And as for the economics of the -300 ER, this beautiful machine makes the 744 look positively archaic. It's built like a brick outhouse but flies like an angel.
Good luck!
If you look carefully, the main evidence of the whiz bang stuff is three buttons on the top left hand side of the overhead: ADIRU (Air data Inertial Reference Unit), TAC (Thrust Assymetry Computer) and Primary Flight Controls (the Fly-By-Wire system).
Except to turn on the ADIRU before flight, you never touch these buttons and just fly the machine and enjoy yourself. All the envelope protection stuff and everything else about it is wonderful. Stuff like the electronic checklist system make even the most demanding sim. rides relatively easy to handle.
It is well worth looking forward to. And as for the economics of the -300 ER, this beautiful machine makes the 744 look positively archaic. It's built like a brick outhouse but flies like an angel.
Good luck!
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And the above post sounds like its an Airbus
To clarify, the CCQ anf MFF issue. You will need to do a CCQ course of about nine days roughly including sims to go from an A318/A319/A320/A321 rating to an A330. Some operators in the UK do Mixed Fleet Flying MFF, where one day you could be flying an A330, the next an A320. So theoretically you could MFF an A380 and an A330, but for recency requirements it would be difficult, not to mention the added cost and complication to keep you legal on both types (rostering nightmare), therefore most operators dont do it. But that is the Airbus philosophy to be able to switch between types with minimal effort. The difference between a light A320, fully loaded A321 and a transatlantic A330 are not insignificant I might add, not to mention the variations of each type and their quirks!
To clarify, the CCQ anf MFF issue. You will need to do a CCQ course of about nine days roughly including sims to go from an A318/A319/A320/A321 rating to an A330. Some operators in the UK do Mixed Fleet Flying MFF, where one day you could be flying an A330, the next an A320. So theoretically you could MFF an A380 and an A330, but for recency requirements it would be difficult, not to mention the added cost and complication to keep you legal on both types (rostering nightmare), therefore most operators dont do it. But that is the Airbus philosophy to be able to switch between types with minimal effort. The difference between a light A320, fully loaded A321 and a transatlantic A330 are not insignificant I might add, not to mention the variations of each type and their quirks!
