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Good read about dealing with automation

February 8th, 2012 → 9:54 am @ Geek Pilot

Came across this blog post about a pilot who flew 737s and 757s but was new to the A321.

ben wind

How do the “Smoke and Mirrors” of the A321 compare to the aircraft you fly?
- Anonymous
  
  Hmm the Airbus is very different and much more automated than the plane I fly. I have Vnav, but it’s not linked to the autopilot. I have to manually tell the plane how to descend to meet a crossing restriction. Even at my level of automation….sometimes it’s nice to turn it all off and fly the plane (like on a beautiful VFR day).
Matthias Künneth

You read it too?
Great
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Good ole Captain Dave(with a small c as he would say)!!!!

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