Engine Failure At Very Low Speed In A320
Should have joined a different company then!
ps Just in case there's any doubt, I was aware that few 'Bus operators specify a tiller on both sides.
ps Just in case there's any doubt, I was aware that few 'Bus operators specify a tiller on both sides.
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Dreamland - Yes, I am a pilot, thanks for asking. I'm obviously a very lucky one because even though I'm just an FO my company lets me start engines, taxi, take off, land, reject, brake, even do the walk round!
Javelin - Interesting. I'm familiar with Captains only calling Stop, and Captains handling thrust levers, but I read your post as you taking over full control when you call stop, which sounds a bit risky to me. If you were just referring to the fact that you call stop and close the levers whilst the FO brakes and (tries) to keep it straight then it's just my misunderstanding.
Javelin - Interesting. I'm familiar with Captains only calling Stop, and Captains handling thrust levers, but I read your post as you taking over full control when you call stop, which sounds a bit risky to me. If you were just referring to the fact that you call stop and close the levers whilst the FO brakes and (tries) to keep it straight then it's just my misunderstanding.
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So what happens when an f/o is made up to captain? He/she having no experience of taxi, RTO etc would have to spend a lot of extra time learning these new things. In my company both pilots perform all these tasks if it's that pilots sector. F/O is even encouraged to make "command type" decisions, under supervision of the captain of course. These means the transition of RHS to LHS is theoretically easier and improves confidence in the f/os handling and decision making abilities.
