Airbus trepidation... convince me otherwise!

[Turtle21]

Paycheck & schedule trump comfort at the office for me.

Of course. But since we happen to have pretty much the same on the 73 or the 320, the choice is a nobrainer.

 

[Chronic Jetlag]

Bid the plane that'll give you the best QOL in pay & time off. I myself will always be a "McDonnell Douglas" guy but the best advice I got for the Bus was to embrace and don't fight the Airbus logic. Like the Borg..."resistance is futile..." BTW, if you're about 6'2" & under you'll be able to stand up straight in the cockpit to stretch your legs! Good luck

 

[GOULET!]

Not to rub salt in the wound but I'd be more worried about the bankrupcy payrates on the AA 319 than the airplane itself.

 

[J32driver]

Here is an important safety tip. Normal Law doesn't apply to the rudder. It is possible... while in normal law... to spin the airbus. It isn't easy to get it to enter, but it can be done if you time it right and get the rudder input to overpower the ailerons and elevator. At the end of my sim training, we were doing perfect 1 turn spins and recovering on target headings. All sorts of fun!

 

[aewanabe]

Just turn OFF the Yellow Electric Pump, bark goes away.

Uh, you meant turn OFF the PTU, or turn ON the Y pump, right PTU barks...

 

[eaglesview]

Not to rub salt in the wound but I'd be more worried about the bankrupcy payrates on the AA 319 than the airplane itself.

Then why say it?

 

[waveflyer]

+1 on what Dan said- great story and great link!

I'm not in the least qualified to tell airline pilots about their airplanes, but this remark hit home with me.

I learned latter that the Zen Masters figured this thought pattern out a long time ago, it's called 'The Beginner's Mind'.

 

[Guppiedriver]

..all the horror stories about "whats it doing now" are self inflicted,

Not always!

If your company allows it.

Thanks to east fight ops.

 

[Patriot328]

Hey aa73,

Watch this video and see what you think of the bus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYDba1UsgHc

Maybe one day you can look as cool as these guys...


(that is a pretty cool vid, though.. nice camera!)

 

[Dornier 335]

Cool! I wonder how they attached the camera onto the various places in the cockpit...