A350-1000 and other Fleet News
01-13-2024, 06:36 PM
#2191
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Agreed. Thats why I asked why Scoop referred to it in such a way. The Airbus is definitely a mental machine; perhaps more so than Boeing. But once you have a good working knowledge of it, its pretty simple and practical to operate in my opinion. But YMMV...
01-13-2024, 10:13 PM
#2192
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I believe he's referring to the performance hit with the greater than 20kt crosswind or any tailwind procedure.
01-14-2024, 02:58 AM
#2193
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01-14-2024, 05:01 AM
#2195
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I’ve flown Boeing, Airbus and McD. I find the FMS on the Airbus perfectly acceptable. The Boeing box is marginally better in only a handful of ways. The McD box on the 717 is pretty close to an Airbus box. The only things I really miss about the Boeing are the VSD and managed descent in heading mode.But Boeing can keep those for the comfort and size of the Airbus cockpit. “So Much Room for Activities!”
01-14-2024, 05:07 AM
#2196
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01-14-2024, 05:14 AM
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the 350 box is almost exactly the same as the 320 box. It may be presented a little different but its functionality is 95% the same. The 350 box just fixes a lot of the software shortcomings in the 320 but has a few things missing that the 320 had that worked well. Like being able to change your speed or CI when it the descent phase.
01-14-2024, 05:33 AM
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01-14-2024, 06:09 AM
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Every time I JS in a Boeing, I ended up scratching my head.
If the FMS is wayyy better than the Airbus, the amount of time I see VS and people moving the throttles doesn’t make sense. It’s like Stockholm syndrome… lol
“But but but the Airbus doesn’t start down by itself.”
If the FMS is wayyy better than the Airbus, the amount of time I see VS and people moving the throttles doesn’t make sense. It’s like Stockholm syndrome… lol
“But but but the Airbus doesn’t start down by itself.”
