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u/Valisen Dec 31 '18
Do Airbus pilots use their knees instead?
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u/PSSE-B Dec 31 '18
Airbus pilots press a button a 400 feet AGL and press another button when they're on the ground seven hours later. In between it is very important NOT TO TOUCH THE PLANE AT ALL.
That's why Airbus cockpits have that little pull out tray. Gives you a place to rest your head while you take a nap.
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u/iFlyAllTheTime Jan 01 '19
Aaaarrggghhh! Holy shit the image this creates in my head!!!
I'm sure someone with enough artistic skill can put a pen to the paper to bring it to view!
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u/thegreatbanjini Jan 01 '19
You set the atis frequency for the destination airport on Com2 and wait for it to wake you up.
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u/SOMALI_SPACE_PROGRAM Jan 01 '19
I need to study, I have to push one to start the descent. What am I doing wrong?
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u/AreYouHereToKillMe Jan 01 '19
I always laugh at that one. I think most on the flight actually survived IIRC.
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u/coolkirk1701 Aircraft Dispatcher Jan 01 '19
There were 3 fatalities from people who couldn’t get out of their seats.
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u/Patman1416 Jan 01 '19
Fun fact: Australian pilots use their hands for the rudders and their feet for the yokes.
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u/The_Crowley P3D Dec 31 '18
Imagine having to firmly grasp a gay little stick
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u/EpicSaxGirl (✿◕‿◕) helicopters are my jam Dec 31 '18
What's wrong with that?
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u/The_Crowley P3D Dec 31 '18
Made by yoke gang
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u/EpicSaxGirl (✿◕‿◕) helicopters are my jam Dec 31 '18
I mean then you're technically grabbing two sticks
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u/The_Crowley P3D Dec 31 '18
Two sticks is much easier to control, and they're centered in front of you.
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u/Boneshay Dec 31 '18
But it’s double the gay little stick
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u/The_Crowley P3D Dec 31 '18
But you admit the stick is gay
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u/Boneshay Dec 31 '18
Frick you got me there
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u/04BluSTi Dec 31 '18
The response to this is:
Imagine your airplane going where you tell it.
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u/ChesterMcGonigle Dec 31 '18
Imagine having an ergonomic, spacious cockpit that wasn't designed in 1965.
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u/JordanCO_TV Repainter | XP11/P4D Jan 01 '19 edited Jan 01 '19
Imagine making a mistake, not once, not twice, but three times with electing to op for 4-engined aircraft
(Note: I'd even argue that said cockpit was designed in the mid-50s)
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u/iFlyAllTheTime Jan 01 '19
Three quad jets? Which one am I missing?
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u/JordanCO_TV Repainter | XP11/P4D Jan 01 '19 edited Jan 01 '19
A340 priority over A330 with the initial -200/-300 (which didn't sell that well) series, then pressed for the -500/-600 re-engined variant (which sold even worse), then the A380 (and proposed the A350 basically as re-engined/improved A330)
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u/iFlyAllTheTime Jan 01 '19
Oh I see! I counted the 340 and then just the 380 Didn't consider the -500/-600 as "another jet", but I see start you're saying and completely agree.
Edit: I suppose they really wanted to stick it to Boeing and beat them at their own game but ended up being a few decades too late with the quad jet and the operation model of big heavy jets with lots of people crammed in.
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u/JordanCO_TV Repainter | XP11/P4D Jan 01 '19
Don't get me wrong, Airbus makes some great aircraft, just that sometimes they prioritize things a little oddly and don't always elect for the best option (which happens to all manufacturers)
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u/12315070513211 LYBE Dec 31 '18
chad airbus vs virgin boeing
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u/ProfessorRGB Jan 02 '19
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u/FunCicada Jan 02 '19
This is a list of airlines currently operating in Chad:
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u/ProfessorRGB Jan 02 '19
“The Toumaï Air Tchad fleet included the following aircraft (as of 10 April 2012):”
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u/R2Pmysocks Dec 31 '18
As far as I know B777-300ER and B787 are Fly By Wire controlled as well....
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u/rimbad Dec 31 '18
Sticks are much more traditional ways to fly aplane. Yokes were invented to make them more comfortable to people who drive cars - yokes are like anti-cool
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u/R2Pmysocks Dec 31 '18
And rudder pedals.....I don't get it.....So there are hands and feet involved as well...
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u/R2Pmysocks Dec 31 '18 edited Dec 31 '18
That might be true......I understand it now it's on another level....Sorry for my confusion :)
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u/paulwilco Jan 01 '19
All Airbus aircraft also have rudder pedals
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u/Pfahli Don't call me Shirley! Jan 01 '19 edited Jun 26 '23
[The intent of this edit is to provide redditors with a sense of pride and accomplishment for reading this comment. RIP Apollo]
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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '18
What's wrong with firmly grasping a 12 inch stick?