Aircraft rates the pilot

c170b53 · Post by **c170b53** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:27 pm

Here's a a320 flown by a novice http://youtube.com/watch?v=IKBABNL-DDM&feature=related Notice at the end during landing that the airplane
is quite rude to the crew.

1SeventyZ · Post by **1SeventyZ** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:36 am

Who knew that Bruce Dickinson, vocalist from the metal band Iron Maiden, is some sort of accomplished pilot?

russfarris · Post by **russfarris** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:00 am

Yeah, everyone loves to make fun of the "retard" voice callout at 50 feet in the Airbus - it's a "reminder" to bring the thrust levers out of the autothrust detent, otherwise the thrust would maintain Vref plus 5 knots, and you'd go floating down the runway. (The joke at US Airways is that the first "retard" is a verb, the second one is a noun!)

I've flown jetliners from the first generation (DC-8, 707), second (727), third (737, DC-10 and Fokker F28) fourth (757, 767) and fifth (Airbus 319/320/321). After 3,000 hours, I have to say that the Airbus is a major advance in the state of the art - it's a great airplane. I'd hate to go back to the 737! All the Airbus stories I heard, like it being trapped in a holding pattern because the pilots couldn't figure out how to exit the hold, are pure BS.

I flew my 170 today on a 400 mile cross-country. Other than the GPS, it was much the same as it was back in 1952 - that's why I keep the old girl around...Russ Farris