UPS MD-11 crash at SDF

[MikeD]

Mastery of and comfort with all levels of automation (doctor-doctor types say there’s 6, I think there’s fewer and I am one of those doctor-doctor types) allows you to pick the one that works the best for the given situation. Sometimes it’s nothing-at-all which makes various people squirm and sometimes it’s all-the-autopilots, and sometimes (many times) it’s in-between.

100%. And those that comfortably manage what desired level of automation they need at a given time, or undesired level they have to manage when it’s given to them, are the ones who have excelled in their craft by putting out the learning effort.

 

[Boris Badenov]

I think there ARE fewer and I am one of those doctor-doctor types

FIFY, Doc.

 

[Toobdrvr]

I have an OE in a couple of days with a new airbus pilot.

On the arrival into DTW it's going to be:

Phase awareness, which phase are we in? Ahh, we're approaching an early "Circle D", what's going to happen with the speed and the phase? Since you reported the field in sight, the controller is going to give you a dog-leg to intercept the final approach course, the threat is going to be paralleling the glidepath, hitting your selected altitude when you're slightly above, we can mitigate that by adding drag or OP DES to your last altitude clearance.

I need to fly to more airports than DTW toward the end of OE.

My techni-cure is to put the FAF in the prog page and constantly run a 3:1 in my head. It’s one (critical) spot on the arrival where you pretty much know where you need to be altitude, airspeed, config, and energy-wise.

Inside 3:1 (A320)?: Easy-peasy.
Outside?: Time to do some pilot stuff!!!

 

[derg]

My techni-cure is to put the FAF in the prog page and constantly run a 3:1 in my head. It’s one (critical) spot on the arrival where you pretty much know where you need to be altitude, airspeed, config, and energy-wise.

Inside 3:1 (A320)?: Easy-peasy.
Outside?: Time to do some pilot stuff!!!

Nice!