Connected Flight Deck Flows

Aerosoft Airbus
A318/A319/A320/A321
CONNECTED FLIGHT DECK FLOWS
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09-01-06 Page 3
08 April 2015
Know what your Crew member is doing
Probably the most important lesson to be learned is to check each other.
Just like a real crew that keeps watching each other you should also have a look at your crew member!
As we are all doing this in our free time, sitting at home and probably having our
Wife/Husband/girlfriend/boyfriend/mistress/children around us we will do mistakes. This is normal and
there is nothing wrong with it.
Talk about it with your other crew member and let him know about mistakes you made. If he knows about
your mistakes he can watch you.
Flying is a constant learning experience and as such it is good to know which mistakes others make as you
may also make them without knowing about it!
My flight instructor always told me: “You should stop flying when you say you don't learn something new
any longer!”
So, keep watching your crew member and correct him when necessary. Doing mistakes is human and there
is nothing wrong with it as long as you acknowledge and correct them.
Sterile Cockpit
During high workload communication should be kept to a minimum necessary to operate the Airbus safely.
Such situations are taxi, takeoff, climb out, approach and landing.
This not only includes communication, but also entering data into the systems (particularly the FMGS), etc.
As a rule of thumb the Sterile Cockpit concept should be applied below FL100/10.000ft, but also at any
other times of high workload.
Callouts
Just like in ATC communication there are certain standard phrases that are used for communication
between the crew in an Airbus (and in any other aircraft).
In the following document you can find some more information on this topic:
http://www.airbus.com/fileadmin/media_gallery/files/safety_library_items/AirbusSafetyLib_-
FLT_OPS_SOP_SEQ04.pdf