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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
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Originally Posted by recycled sixtie
from the Airbus 320 pilots I know is that u can disconnect the autopilot and fly it like a manual aircraft. Just like the heroes who landed on the Hudson. Any 320 pilots to back this belief up? Aircraft accidents are particularly complex to diagnose especially with modern day computer systems. Cockpit resource management is a must as input from both pilots(or 3) becomes very necessary and quickly as things can get out of hand quickly in order to prevent an accident.
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Good friend of mine is an Airbus 330 training captain. He told me that to disconnect the A/P, to really get it out of his hair and be able to totally control the airplane, it would take at least 2 minutes of pulling circuit breakers WITH a checklist as a guide.
With the airplane I have flown for the last almost 20 years, its depressing ONE red button... but this is the difference between the mindset.
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