A320 Type Rating | SOP's Part 1: Preliminary Cockpit Preparation | Threshold

Welcome to the first section of Threshold's new A320 Type Rating series, with Pascal, a real-world Airbus pilot.
In this episode, you will be talked through:
• What to do first when you arrive at a "Cold and Dark" aircraft
• The basic Airbus philosophy: "Lights out"
• The preliminary cockpit preparation: which systems you have to check and why
• The cockpit preparation flow: in which order to approach it and how and why you have to set up certain instruments
The aircraft spotlighted in this series is the FlightFactor A320 Ultimate.
Disclaimer:
This video is for entertainment purposes only and must not be used for real flight instruction or real flight operations. Pascal is not a CFI, SFI or TRI/ TRE. The procedures, checklists, and briefings are in no way related to a specific company and should only be seen as a general example of how to operate this aircraft.
Download a high-quality version of the PDF checklist here:
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Streams are available at:
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Learn more about Pascal and the series in Type Rating's introduction video:
bit.ly/2StQG9F
Pascal's channel:
/ @hectopascal
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[@verde1501]

Frozen ATPL here, and I would pay for these videos of yours in order to prepare for my assessments. Thanks so much!

[@Kevin1873]

The flight is from EDDT to EDDF. If you want to bypass all the small talk, skip the first 7 minutes. Extremely excellent video. I learned a lot more than I already knew before and you explain everything very well without over complicating the lesson. Thanks again.

[@hectopascal]

Haha thank you! That is exactly what I tried to do :) And sorry for the small talk in the beginning ;)

[@joydasgupta9445]

@@hectopascal Amazing video but why cockpit video is so dark, it's hard to see the controls that's the only drawback 😐

[@TheDanko86]

I feel I should be paying for this video! Amazing work! Thanks so much

[@Kwiationengineering]

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[@CraZy291]

It's incredibly helpful to have all these explanations to what's written on the checklist. Thanks so much!

[@Thresholdx]

You're very welcome! ^SV

[@geoffh2560]

Thanks Pascal for such a detailed and informative video - I learned a lot from this.

[@captionashish]

Awesome...awesome..awesome...thank you so much for such informative series.

[@claybwagner]

Thank you for this series!

[@hectopascal]

Stay posted for Episode 2 :)

[@RocketAnthem]

De nada negro

[@pardeepkumar-mm6ui]

Huge thanks to you! This is helpful beyond my expectations, highly appreciate it and wish you safe landings.

[@lucascaffese]

About the CTR fuel pumps off... i got this info from an Airbus mech in a forum: "However, the general recommendation (not mandatory) is to have the fuel pumps switched OFF during refueling, in order to ensure that the possibility of pump dry running is avoided. It is particularly relevant for the center tank pumps, because the center tank is most of the time empty at the end of the flight. Switching OFF the center tank pumps ensures in all cases that they do not run during refuelling."

[@calebriordan9416]

Wow, thank you so much for this!

[@hectopascal]

Glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@sabareesm5127]

Thank you very much! It was extremely useful.

[@leov4751]

Very interesting with the adde background information. Helps to understand why thiings are done the way they are.

[@temirlantemirlan1637]

This video is very helpful mate. Thank you

[@CrazyDoug17]

Threshold, Lovely series honestly... however, I feel that this could slightly be more organised, personally anyway. With some time stamps and some titles to inform us noobs as to where he is exactly, like ''COCKPIT PREPARATION'', ''Walk around'' FMGS Set up'' ''Engine Start'' etc etc....so for noobs like me, we could always return to these specific points. But never the less, his knowledge is phenomenal. Thank you very much for the video lads

[@hectopascal]

Thank you for your feedback I am very glad you like it! This was the first video of the series and I shot it before I started to cooperate with threshold. From Epsiode 2 on you should see a big improvement in Quality :)

[@martinnovak3091]

Very nice

[@hectopascal]

Martin Novák Thanks :)

[@nickyt755]

AMAZING!

[@JohnnyLeite-Brazil]

Cool!

[@deva_play29]

Amazing tutorial!

[@MrGrandure]

This is an achievement I probably won't be getting on msfs

[@joeriborrius1911]

I hear you say that the PF is doing the read and do preliminary checklist. When I look at Airbus normal procedures I see PNF is performing this checklist. Please clarify ☺️

[@angelos8012]

Really nice video, great work. Could you share what is the name of application you are using. Cheers

[@masterpc4836]

Truly informative video. A bit of advice, as you already is a pilot, I believe it's beneficial to be aware the tone of how you speak. To speak continuously and try to get rid of accent will be a great improvement as I fell asleep 4 times during this one and a half hour video.

[@papago777]

How could you open the that windowed exterior refuel correctly (at 49:33) ? I only get an empty refuel panel. Have FF a320 Beta activated?

[@hectopascal]

You have to drive up the fuel truck in order to see the panel. If you disconnect the fuel truck the panel will go blank again ;)

[@swappy3010]

Great

[@zakariaabualdahab8237]

can you tell what is the name of the app or website that you used

[@Sams911]

you should stick closely to the check list rather than explain random things that aren't related to the checklist... it would make this a more useful video for study.. for example the prelim checklist doesn't have anything between EXT Power on and APU fire test... but you went on and on about other stuff ..

[@papago777]

Good and precise walkthrough. One question: How to Air condition if outside Temp is very low without APU. Do you use any external heat? I guess preparing the cockpit with 5 C Temperaturew is no fun.

[@hectopascal]

Thanks for your feedback! There is indeed an option to connect ground equipment to the Aircraft which can provide preconditioned air for extreme cold or hot conditions. Airports where such conditions occur often, usually offer this service. Otherwise it´s just like waiting for your car to heat up/ cool down while you are already driving it. Of course if temperatures are extreme and theres no equipment available we may switch on the APU for our and for Passenger comfort.

[@SaurabhKumar-hr7fn]

Hey, I need help with Xplane. Can you tell me which add ons or plugins do you use?

[@george.ogilvie]

How do you get the panel pop-ups?

[@Thresholdx]

George_ W_O ctrl+1,2,3... and ctrl+shift+1,2,3...

[@Usefulthings-go]

how can i download this software

[@danielkanderson7988]

57:13 time stamp

[@Grimm3r]

Does addon soundpack have missing sounds? ie triple click?

[@Thresholdx]

Hi there! If you're referring to the BSS soundpack it does have the triple click sound that is missing from the default sounds. As for other sounds, we recommend visiting their website to learn more: blueskystar.net/. Hope this helps! ^SV

[@fredbelgium]

Why most of my buttons are inop?

[@roccothamanoidis]

35:19 :D

[@alexsandrlazarev]

Boeing please

[@rango1521]

Why is this subtitle in German only?😂

[@cockpitlife737]

Bro what is name of his game

[@AlamarFly]

Hello. It's quite nice idea...but the realization is suffering. I for e.g. I was the "fresh" and new simmer who would like to know the basics and just fly A320, of course, I would prefer to go and watch the video of "that guy" who did a full flight in one hour, just rush through the plane of course incorrectly. These 1hour of Cockpit Preparation may be interesting for future pilots, but they don't thrust videos from flight simulators, they prefer CBT and Real Cockpit videos. For simmers? Nah, don't think either, no one will do everything step by step and bla bla. For professional simmers? They read SOP on their table and do everything steps by step by SOP. I can't give you the idea of how to improve it, but in the format that we see now, I don't think that it will become popular => not useful. Just my opinion.

[@Thresholdx]

Alamar thank you for sharing your thoughts! We got some very positive feedback so far and people who are interested in watching this series. If you don’t like it though, feel free to watch other interesting videos on our channel :)

[@masterpc4836]

yeah just fell asleep for the fifth time

[@ytkdmr]

What is this software and addon ( if there is )?