How are you guys doing on the manuals?

[Constinator25]

Hey all, I was just wondering how much of the manuals you have gotten through, or if you even intend to read them at all. This could keep me and others from posting stuff in here that people would already know about. I've made it through the Pilot Introduction, the introductions to all the manuals except the FMC, and have read the "Air Conditioning" chapter in the Systems Manual. Not sure when I'm gonna get to the Tutorial.

 

Just interested in ya'lls progress.

[tommchowat]

I gather that this is your first real attempt at a complex panel jet. Therefore I think it's more important for you to read the manuals. I've been flying these for as long as I can remember, and when you're in that position, you kind of pick things up. For instance you know about battery and auxiliary power, APU and bleed air and other things as they are fairly uniform over many jets. The things that are different, such as FMC and other stuff you can get from manuals. I haven't read the whole lot as it's not that necessary for me and I now consider myself quite competent at this plane. I went through the tutorial, read up on the FMC and autopilot functions which are a bit different.

 

As I said, if you need any help give me a buzz.

[Constinator25]

No problem. This is really my first real attempt at seriously learning a complex plane. I can fly the default 737, A321, and even 747 perfectly fine, but I don't use nearly all the systems and procedures you would in real life, mostly because of the simplicity of the aircraft. I didn't want to try and learn those planes because I may learn wrong or skip important stuff. That's why I chose to learn this plane, it gives me the best chance of learning the right way.