How to manage Smoke and Fumes with Odors in Flight
What are the Airbus main recommendations in the event of smoke and fumes? What are the available Airbus material? What kind of material and training each operator can develop for their flight crews and cabin crews to identify the different types odors?
CHART NAMING
The intend of this briefing is to clarify the naming of the Performance Based Navigation (PBN): On the charts, “RNAV” becomes “RNP”. This briefing explains the new convention for the charts, the ATC phraseology, and what the flight crew must check to fly the PBN approach type.
GNSS Jamming
All aircraft with a GPS receiver may be affected by GPS jamming due to intentional or unintentional interferences. What are the consequences of GPS jamming on the Airbus aircraft operation, and what are the operational recommendations?
Safe Aircraft Parking
Incorrect or incomplete application of the parking procedures at the end of a flight can lead to unexpected aircraft movement potentially resulting in injuries or significant damage from a collision with ground obstacles. Several cases of this type of event during maintenance are reported to Airbus each year.This article provides an overview of the parking […]
IRS Alignment
This presentation emphasizes the need to align IRS in order to get a good position throughout the flight and to monitor the performance of the IRS at the end of each flight. It also explains the technical difference between a fast and a complete IRS alignment, and in which case a fast or complete IRS […]
Managing Severe Turbulence
Severe turbulence encounters may cause injuries to passengers and cabin crew. If turbulence is unavoidable, using best practices, applying recommended techniques and following procedures will help to reduce the risk of injuries.This article is about turbulence encounters, their risks and tips for how to avoid them. It provides references and links to the relevant publications. […]
Smart Adoption of Fuel Economy Initiatives
The presentation explains how to adopt fuel economy initiatives that minimize the impact on brake oxidation. The use at landing of CONF 3 with REV IDLE and autobrake MED / 4 / HI is not recommended: It may significantly increase the brake oxydation.
Takeoff Surveillance & Monitoring Functions
Airbus has continuously improved takeoff safety since the “TO CONFIG TEST” pushbutton was first introduced on A300 and A310 aircraft, and with the development of the Takeoff Surveillance (TOS1 & TOS2) and Takeoff Monitoring (TOM) functions.The TOS2 package that was initially developed for the A350 is now available for A320 family and A330 aircraft. This […]
Dual Computation for Takeoff Performance
This presentation explains why, when and how both pilots have to compute independently the takeoff performance.
GNSS Interference
Signals from the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) are one of the main inputs used for aircraft positioning or time reference for Communication, Navigation and Surveillance functions on-board most of the Airbus aircraft.Operators report an increasing number of events related to the loss of GNSS signals due to Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) during operations in […]