Common Flight Simmer Mistakes | Checklists: Switch Positions vs. System Status

Common Flight Simmer Mistakes | Checklists: Switch Positions vs. System Status | Real Airbus Pilot

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@SimDeck 5 ай бұрын

I make all those mistakes everytime. That makes a lot of sense. Many thanks.

@A330Driver 5 ай бұрын

Happy to help!

@gwalker3092 5 ай бұрын

I’m guilty of the seatbelt check 😂 interesting video made me think about this a lot more

@NyctaOfficial 5 ай бұрын

I'm guilty of literally every single thing he mentioned lmao

@DanielDuhon 24 күн бұрын

I mean, in the simulator it really doesn’t matter lol (only speaking of the seatbelt signs)

@peteallennh 11 күн бұрын

Gold. Absolute gold. Thank you!

@SuperFlyCH 5 ай бұрын

It is much like the gear check, you look at the lever, but most already will also look for the 3 green instinctively.

@A330Driver 5 ай бұрын

Indeed I think the gear check is one of the few exceptions where most people do it correctly since the answer on many checklists to this one is along the lines of "down three greens".

@renefeijen5916 5 ай бұрын

Very informative! Thanks!

@connorAv8 5 ай бұрын

Great video this one

@gotbordercollies 5 ай бұрын

I do so enjoy your videos - Thank You!

@A330Driver 5 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

@wavesandsky 5 ай бұрын

Ah I thought "I know what's going to be covered in this video, I check the DATA Page for the IRS in the checklist", but here we go, always looked at the Radar/PWS Switches. Now I understand why they show up orange after landing on the ECAM

@A330Driver 5 ай бұрын

You always learn something new in aviation ;-)

@kiotee_nouw 5 ай бұрын

HOLY SMOKES, I think the only check I've been getting right is the coffee cup check. DOH!

@A330Driver 5 ай бұрын

hahaha, good one!

@CaptainKevin 5 ай бұрын

Interesting take on this since there's a 747 pilot on KZfaq that says you can check the EICAS, but also verify the switch position since the indication could possibly be incorrect, say if there was a bad sensor or something. I don't remember his exact wording since it was a long time ago when I saw that video. Guess the best thing to do would be to verify both.

@Hoekstes 5 ай бұрын

Learn something every day - Check

@countryflyboy8255 5 ай бұрын

I have learned a lot in the fenix over the past few months. Im finally comfortable in the airbus now in most scenarios. (except the a300 but lets not talk about that lol). The random failures option in the fenix is great, that will keep you monitoring things more closely. I had a couple failures (not sure if they were actually serious or not), but i did a gate return and "called maintenance" to fix them. Only took about 5 or 10 min in the sim.

@A330Driver 5 ай бұрын

The A300 really is a different beast, that doesn't count :D Which failures did you get that led to the return to the gate?

@johnnymacf1 5 ай бұрын

I had the spoilers deploy before v1 in a take off once. Luckily the runway was long and id set the brakes to MAX because it took me a few seconds to work out what the alarms were for! I do love the Fenix A320. Its easily my favourite. The attention to detail is amazing. I also have the PMDG 737-600 but i always find myself using the Fenix. I really should use the 737 more though because i always feel a bit lost using it after using the airbus system so many times.

@A330Driver 5 ай бұрын

@@johnnymacf1 The good thing about the Airbus ECAM is that whenever something actually comes through on takeoff (remember the inhibit will silence anything non important) it's usually important.

@countryflyboy8255 5 ай бұрын

@A330Driver yes I realize the a300 is the old original airbus design. But the inibuilds model had bugs for sure. That's mostly what frustrated me with it. As far as the failures in the a320 fenix.. one was associated with fuel pumps , the other was hydraulic related. I tried to research the ecam warning I got online but didn't find much info.

@RoamingAdhocrat 5 ай бұрын

The problem with using the mouse to click switches - you need to have the switch on-screen to click it, you need your eyes on the mouse to click on the switch, and this often means you can't simultaneously look at the system the switch is controlling. There's a hierarchy imo: mouse cursor on 3D switch < mouse cursor on 2D panel < keyboard < HOTAS button < generic simpit peripheral < bespoke simpit peripheral

@mdhazeldine 5 ай бұрын

Great lessson. I get the general principle. The trouble is, with some things, it's pretty obvious what to look for, but with other things, it's much harder to know what you should be checking. For example the terrain one you mentioned. I had no idea about that. Is there a good resource for learning what you should be looking for for each checklist item, in both the 737 and the Airbus?

@samson_77 5 ай бұрын

Just landed an A320 (Fenix) in Tromsø (ENTC) with 26kn crosswind and 46kn gusts and did it wrong with the seat belt check. lol.

@mazo2267 5 ай бұрын

We're always learning and that should apply to all pilots, real or flight simming. I enjoy your videos and the way you present the information. Do you deal with failures in flight and procedures?

@A330Driver 5 ай бұрын

Thank you and indeed, you're right! Yes, I did some videos where I simulated failures. My recent simulator preparation vids included a selection of Airbus failures and manouvers and for the 737 I even got a dedicated playlist that I can recommend you to check out. I'm online on my phone right now so I can't really search them (sorry), but you'll easily find them when you go on the channel and scroll down a bit or just go directly to the playlist tab. Or just type "emergency" into the searchbox.

@walterp7097 5 ай бұрын

Since FS2002 i did it wrong. Thanks for the Video. 🙂

@A330Driver 5 ай бұрын

The moment you think you don't learn anything anymore in avaition is probably the moment you should stop flying.

@musicfan5921 5 ай бұрын

I just did a take off with my fenix A320 before this video uploaded being proud of my skills and knowledge, got humbled in less than 10 minutes 😂

@umi3017 5 ай бұрын

99% of my trainee on 737 initial training's first sim drill will look down the control stand for Speedbrake ARMED and Flaps 30 GREEN LIGHT, probably also for Landing gear down but hard to tell.

@A330Driver 5 ай бұрын

yep, sounds pretty familiar.

@user-cr4sc1ht9t 5 ай бұрын

Sounds like the takeaway is you're supposed to check indications, not commands.

@A330Driver 5 ай бұрын

Yep, that's pretty much it. Check that the plane does what you commanded it to do - not that you just commanded something, but without checking the result.

@Steve6TX 5 ай бұрын

Thanks captain Guilty as charged However no more 👍

@Treadstone7 5 ай бұрын

Wouldn't it be necessary at least for the Flaps to check the ECAM indication and the lever position in case of a disagree? Or would that be indicated in that case? Anyway, really helpful video👍

@A330Driver 5 ай бұрын

Checking the ECAM is enough. If the flap lever would command a different setting than what you currently have it would be shown in blue on the ECAM. And if the flap lever would be in a different position than the flaps, but the flaps wouldn't react, then you'd get an ECAM message anyway.

@Jannik_Stein 5 ай бұрын

I've known this is a topic and I always tried not to fall for it, but it seems like I got some things wrong. For example, I always looked at the QNH Knob instead of the PFD. Also, I always looked at the seatbelt switch. I've got one question tho: what about the Packs for Takeoff? In your Videos, you always look at the knobs when doing a packs on takeoff. So, knobs are okay for on, but for a Packs Off Takeoff, do you need to look at the Bleed Page? Or can you just do that "by ear"?

@A330Driver 5 ай бұрын

The Packs are a bit of a specialty here. If they were OFF you'd get the STS indication on the ECAM, indicating that there was something in the Status page - the packs. However there's a transition period where the packs can be off until the STS shows up since the plane gives it a bit of a delay until it points out the "malfunction" to the pilots. For that reason I prefer to actually look at the overhead for that one.

@michaelpowell775 5 ай бұрын

I’m new to the A320 (FBW) and wondered about many of the overhead switches; they don’t seem to light up when On, is that correct? They also show a dark grey Off caption, does that mean the state is actually Off now, or it is On and when you press it, you are switching it off… confused 😊

@A330Driver 5 ай бұрын

This is called the "dark cockpit" concept. When everything is normal you will not see any lights illuminate. The switches themselves - with a couple exceptions where ON is not the normal system status (such as engine anti ice or the APU - since those are usually OFF in flight) - are designed so that they typically have two lights on them. A FAULT light on the top part and an OFF light at the bottom. That's the light grey OFF text you see, if the switch is switched off you'd see it illuminate in white to indicate the switch is in the OFF position.

@michaelpowell775 5 ай бұрын

@@A330Driver thanks for the rapid response. That’s going to take some getting used to as I’m used to switches being dark when off but I can see the reasoning. Your range of excellent videos have been a great help btw in learning about this aircraft.

@A330Driver 5 ай бұрын

In aviation the dark cockpit concept is what's normally adopted from plane manufacturers since about 50 years or so. You'll get used to it quickly. Nothing illuminated? Fine, nothing to think about! @@michaelpowell775

@maclorful 5 ай бұрын

rummors vs facts :)

@mizzyroro 5 ай бұрын

Checklists? What's that? 😂😂😂😂

@A330Driver 5 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@steffieth 5 ай бұрын

The video was very interesing content wise. However the tone was a little to much implying stupid sim pilots are lazy and doing everything wrong. I am sure thats not intentional, but try to keep the tone a little more helpfull and less complaining. thanks so far.

@SGT_Nighthawk 5 ай бұрын

I think that's a little far-fetched. Maybe it's the accent. 😅 I personally did not get such tone from him. Believe me, as a student pilot, I've been with flight instructors IRL that straight up tell you you ARE lazy and stupid. As flight sim pilots, we do tend to skip over things because virtual lives are not so much at stake. 😅

@jrod_pilot_miami 5 ай бұрын

Well, if we want to be fair sim pilots are not knowledgeable in passenger aircraft systems and certainly can be lazy (just get on VATSIM for a few hours). If the opposite were true, they'd not find this offensive because they'd be flying passenger aircraft. The whole purpose of these videos are to educate the sim community. I don't think he'd spend his off time recording them just for the sake of recording.

@A330Driver 5 ай бұрын

mmh, the tone certainly isn't meant in any insulting way. Sorry if it came across that way.

@worlds_okayest_pilot_421 5 ай бұрын

I’m still trying to learn the airbus FMC, it’s an absolute nightmare after being used to working with the 737 for the past decade 😂😂 any chance you could do a video or at least mention a few things about QNH and QNE? And how those apply to flight management systems for the descent and approach? I’m still struggling to understand those. Cheers!

@rshvkkt91 5 ай бұрын

Being experienced in both the virtual 737NG and the A320ceo, imho the Airbus FMGC is the more user friendly of them. If you trawl through YT, you'll find that real world A320 drivers use the acronym 'DIFFSRIP' to preflight the FMGC. Once you can get over that, the Airbus is a breeze!

@azul_aim 5 ай бұрын

Hi Emanuel, I wanted to ask you - of course, there are certain goods and bads, but which one do you prefer so far irl and in msfs i guess - 737 or a320/330?

@A330Driver 5 ай бұрын

I'll make that a topic for its own video soon!

@azul_aim 5 ай бұрын

@@A330Driver Thanks! Both planes are equally beautiful but I guess we all would like to hear from real pilot experience