You said your mate managed it and I assume the aircraft was in a "stabilized approach" when he took control.īingo - there's one of your ( and many a trainee airline pilot's) biggest problems - getting from the cruise down to the stabilised approach.any idea of how you do it ( perhaps with limited fuel) ? You'd be better off if you can get advice from a type rated pilot over the radio ( but yes, watch out for the autopilot disconnect switch) but bear in mind you probably will not have the benefit of lots of fuel and therefore time to experiment, but I'd say 50% chance at best. There are a heck of a lot of pitfalls.If you don't stuff up right from the start and lose control through misuse of the automatics, if it's a type you're familiar from your flight sim and is accurately modelled in your flight sim, if you manage to leave the automatics in, can set the FMC/navaids up for your desired runway, can manage the energy/speeds/flaps/config/automatics switching, you might, just might, manage an successful autoland (<10%chance IMHO). from me it's an almost certain thumbs down. The idea that you'll just jump into a jet in the cruise and land it because you've got a PPL. Once upon a time when I had several thousand military hours I well remember the very steep learning curve when I changed employers and started flying passenger jets. My PPL knowledge along with flight sims experience would IMO provide all the necessary knowledge I require for basic control of a passenger jet. once stopped what happens next? do you let the punters blow the escape slides and dive into live running engines or will you run the appropriate checks to secure the aircraft before commanding the evacuation?įinally there may well be a company pilot on board so you will be surplus to requirements in anycase. Be a shame to do a nice autoland and then split the fuselage in half leading to a fireball as you go off the edge of the runway into a ravine. there is also the small matter of stopping the aircraft after you are back on terra firma and not overshooting the end of the runway and hitting something. If its a circling only to one end then your definitely screwed. autolands are a nice concept in theory but you still have to meet all of the arming conditions, have a serviceable aircraft, and ensure that the airport you are about to land on has an ILS and not just an NDB or visual approach. Granted on an Airbus it is slightly easier with the sidestick off to the side but more than likely you will nudge something important ever tried lifting a deadweight of 100kg or thereabouts out of a cockpit seat in a confined space without knocking any of the flight controls. how will you get through the locked cockpit door in time to save the day? And on the slim chance that you realise in time then you might want to consider:. I do however understand anyone in a situation that was described by me above would be under enormous stress from the entire situation and that would amplify how difficult everything is.īut if for example all of you are right about hand flying not being a possibility, then I do think operating the autopilot with help from the ground should make things relatively straight forward until touchdown.īy the time that you realise that we are both dead or incapacitated up front it will already be to late. Unless of course full motion sims are not the same as real aircraft. i.e just because it goes against my experience. So it's still a bit strange to hear that hand-flying you would stand no chance. In fact it all seemed very familiar after all the flying I have done in MSFS. Much appreciate it!ĭo full motion sims that they use for training in airlines represent things accurately in terms of hand flying? As I said before, I didn't really have any issues landing an SSJ manually (although I was not in control of the flaps, reverse, air brakes).
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