Hit vs. Press

Back on subject. My sim partner (fellow new-hire) kept calling them throttles one day. He finally got so frustrated with himself that he just laughed and the sim instructor told him to quit laughing and take it serious. My sim partner snapped back about lighten up, this is stressful, honest mistake, that's how he deals with thos situations, etc.....I personally had no problem with it and it wasn't as though he wasn't taking it serious. At break, the instructor was complaining to us about training and being sick of it and wanted to go back to the line. Go figure. He was in a bad mood even when we were doing great. Sometimes you just have to agree to disagree and move on with more important things...like flying or drinking pop in your motorwagen on your way to buy a Z1.
 
BrewMaster said:
Back on subject. My sim partner (fellow new-hire) kept calling them throttles one day. He finally got so frustrated with himself that he just laughed and the sim instructor told him to quit laughing and take it serious. My sim partner snapped back about lighten up, this is stressful, honest mistake, that's how he deals with thos situations, etc.....I personally had no problem with it and it wasn't as though he wasn't taking it serious. At break, the instructor was complaining to us about training and being sick of it and wanted to go back to the line. Go figure. He was in a bad mood even when we were doing great. Sometimes you just have to agree to disagree and move on with more important things...like flying or drinking pop in your motorwagen on your way to buy a Z1.
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More importantly, what do you mix with your coke?
 
What to drink with Coke?

Try Pusser's Rum. This stuff is the rum that the British Navy used to use when they issued Grog to the enlisted sailors (Grog is watered-down rum - keep 'em swozzled enough so they'll be happy cannon-fodder). Pusser's is a derivative of Purser's, the Navy guy who issued said rum.

Anyhow, Pusser's is described as having overtones of paint thinner, being redolent of tarred rope, and more. Like Single Malts, it's an acquired taste.

Coke, or Pepsi, can only help.
 
SurferLucas said:
You're still new to the Q400, you've not had the leaking escape hatch "Dampen" your head yet ;)...smartass



I hope you replied with what flavor you wanted ;)
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easy fix! Advance left power beyond 55deg, API bleed on, man press increase. No more dripping ! ( doors closed too)
 
BrewMaster said:
Back on subject. My sim partner (fellow new-hire) kept calling them throttles one day. He finally got so frustrated with himself that he just laughed and the sim instructor told him to quit laughing and take it serious. My sim partner snapped back about lighten up, this is stressful, honest mistake, that's how he deals with thos situations, etc.....I personally had no problem with it and it wasn't as though he wasn't taking it serious. At break, the instructor was complaining to us about training and being sick of it and wanted to go back to the line. Go figure. He was in a bad mood even when we were doing great. Sometimes you just have to agree to disagree and move on with more important things...like flying or drinking pop in your motorwagen on your way to buy a Z1.
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FWIW, a throttle limits the amount of air entering an engine. A thrust lever is a whole 'nother device with a whole different purpose (gives a thrust order to the FADEC, on my airplane) BUT, the net effect is similar (push forward spinny things spin faster and you go faster). I can see being anal about TLs, though.
 
Autothrust Blue said:
FWIW, a throttle limits the amount of air entering an engine. A thrust lever is a whole 'nother device with a whole different purpose (gives a thrust order to the FADEC, on my airplane) BUT, the net effect is similar (push forward spinny things spin faster and you go faster). I can see being anal about TLs, though.
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Oh, not you now!
 
Autothrust Blue said:
FWIW, a throttle limits the amount of air entering an engine. A thrust lever is a whole 'nother device with a whole different purpose (gives a thrust order to the FADEC, on my airplane) BUT, the net effect is similar (push forward spinny things spin faster and you go faster). I can see being anal about TLs, though.
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Not according to Boeing. To them, it's a throttle, even though there's no throttle plate to be found anywhere on the airplane. They just like to keep it old school. Not like that plastic newfangled french crap. ;)
 
Doug Taylor said:
I called the "thrust lever" a "throttle" once, got a lecture about the difference between the two, then asked "Ok, so why do we have an auto-throttle switch?" and got called a smart ass.

Legit question! :)
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Wait, what was the explanation of the difference? Technically, Boeings with GE/CFM engines have a "throttle resolver angle" ("TRA"), Pratt engines have "thrust lever angle" ("TLA"), and Rollers have "power lever angle" ("PLA"), but I wouldn't expect anyone to know that. :p

What's that A/T mode again? The one where you don't want the levers to move? Freeze? Hold?...

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And gawwwd help you if you move any switch on the overhead with anything other than the tips of your thumb and index finger!!!
 
Some training departments are just picky about switchology....we got pee-pee slapped in training at my present gig if we didn't know the difference between a "switch" and a "selector", especially if we called a selector a switch or a button. It was also really important to the examiners that we knew which switches were momentary action and which were alternate action switches.

The 74 has one item on the overhead panel called a "lower lobe cargo conditioned air flow rate selector", lovingly referred to as the "llccafr (lucifer) switch".....unless of course you're on a checkride in which case it's bad juju to say that! I also had to "make nosies" during my type rating oral to make sure I could discern a fire bell from a warning siren from a caution beeper!

In other words, don't feel bad, it's normal for some training departments to emphasize this sort of thing, and until your first exposure to such a department, it's really not logical to think it's important to anyone.
 
Thankfully I am in an airplane composed entirely of rivets and switches. Maybe a couple buttons here and there other than all the GPS buttons. :)
 
ATN_Pilot said:
Not according to Boeing. To them, it's a throttle, even though there's no throttle plate to be found anywhere on the airplane. They just like to keep it old school. Not like that plastic newfangled french crap. ;)
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Thrust levers on a 757/767 according to our Boeing manuals.
 
Alchemy said:
Some training departments are just picky about switchology....we got pee-pee slapped in training at my present gig if we didn't know the difference between a "switch" and a "selector", especially if we called a selector a switch or a button. It was also really important to the examiners that we knew which switches were momentary action and which were alternate action switches.
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Us too. At least for a period of time.
 
Alchemy said:
In other words, don't feel bad, it's normal for some training departments to emphasize this sort of thing, and until your first exposure to such a department, it's really not logical to think it's important to anyone.
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Don't quite understand that. When the time could be used to... oh i don't know, learn to fly that airplane, some • is going on about the nomenclature of a piece of plastic or metal, that in it's actual use, the switch, button or knob could give a crap less what you call it.
 
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