Airbus Drivers: Single-Engine Taxi 'n APUs

scooter2525 said:
Which do you prefer. And is there a noticeable idle taxi power between them?
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I prefer the 757.

However, when I was on the Bus. I liked the IAEs. They had a little more power, but I hated the slow start. I liked the fast start of the CFMs, but they were louder and vibrated more.

The IAEs have a much higher idle and the fan blades are bigger. They taxi like a bat out of Hell when they're light or when the Anti-Ice is on.
 
Derg said:
Dude, you live in Houston! Y'all don't even have zoning laws or decent sidewalks.
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A) Some of the biggest ass holes I have ever met in aviation come from MSP.
B) The Avro Jet sucks
C) You live in Arizona
 
Seggy said:
I already have something large between my legs. Guess you guys don't.
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Yeah, they have a five point seat belt too.

Deliverance.

Come on dude, I've lived in towns of 350 people, and 3.5 million. There are several people from each I wouldn't lend my vacuum too.
 
I can't believe any airline would crossbleed start the A320 as regular operating procedure for 2nd engine start. Most Airbus operators that taxi single engine do so with APU bleed on and using that to start the 2nd engine. At our company, it used to be after an engine start, we'd turn APU bleed off and bleed switch from Auto to Open. And then reverse that for the 2nd engine start procedure. Current procedure is after engine start we leave APU bleed on and then use it to start second engine, and then APU off. IMO, on the A320 the only time one should have to cross bleed is a deferred APU. But Southernjets is southernjets, I guess? Ya'll probably have a 2 dozen item Preflight Inspection checklist as a challenge/response too? :D
 
Why over complicate it. Start the apu, turn the bleed on, push back, start the engine, taxi out, start the other engine and turn the apu off. On the bus you just have to basically press 3 buttons and flip two master switches. Why the hell are people crossbreeding, going into manual bleed mode and playing with pumps and gens. Any captain that makes anyone do that must live in grapevine or flowermound.

The bus is designed to make it so you have to do very little. I swear sometimes I think that people make it harder on themselves so they feel like they are more important.
 
skyw82 said:
Why over complicate it. Start the apu, turn the bleed on, push back, start the engine, taxi out, start the other engine and turn the apu off. On the bus you just have to basically press 3 buttons and flip two master switches. Why the hell are people crossbreeding and going into manual bleed mode ect and shutting of gens and ect. The bus is designed to make it so you have to do very little. I swear sometimes I think that people make it harder on themselves so they feel like they are more important.
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The way we do the APU second engine start is a holdover from NW days... when we joined up with the 757 fleet in doing the crossbleed, it actually made things simpler!

We're apparently the oddball in doing it, but it has been praised by Airbus as an excellent green initiative. I'll be floating a revised APU second start as a result of this, as we'll be joining the rest of yall for a bit until some mods are done.
 
Nark said:
@Cherokee_Cruiser Why not leave the APU bleed in auto? (After start)
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We do now. Old procedure after starting an engine (IIRC) was to turn the APU bleed off (which closes x-bleed valve in auto) and then turn x-bleed from auto to open and let the running engine supply it. But something from Airbus came out saying the better procedure was just to leave the APU bleed on and start 2nd engine with that, and then turn the APU off (unless takeoff performance requires it).
 
PeanuckleCRJ said:
The way we do the APU second engine start is a holdover from NW days... when we joined up with the 757 fleet in doing the crossbleed, it actually made things simpler!

We're apparently the oddball in doing it, but it has been praised by Airbus as an excellent green initiative. I'll be floating a revised APU second start as a result of this, as we'll be joining the rest of yall for a bit until some mods are done.
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And your nearly 2-dozen item preflight inspection challenge/response? :D

That should be... "Preflight Inspection......... Complete" / "Complete"
 
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