CORFU 🇬🇷 Island (CFU) | Brand new Airbus A321 NEO approach + landing Rwy 34 | pilots + cockpit

[@MarkLevinson20]

Hello Captain. A little prepay for a new tie :) Best regards from the community!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and for your financial support! Have a nice day!

[@danmoretti8898]

Corfu is just ridiculously pretty, my goodness. Thanks for taking us along on this landing, Captain!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and for sharing your feedback! Have a nice day!

[@alepouna]

My favorite aircraft family, my favorite island, and my home country. This video could not get any better

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you so much for watching and for sharing your great feedback! Best greetings to Greece!

[@chrisdogg802]

Perfect approach. The captain is such a role model.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you so much for your kind words! Have a pleasant day!

[@flyingdentist]

Beautiful brand new plane in a beautiful unique approach to Corfu.Excellent video captain.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you so much for watching and for your great feedback! Have a nice day!

[@ATPL-Life]

I've been following you for a few years now on KZbin and since the age of 14 I've wanted to be a pilot. I was diagnosed with ADHD grade 5 in middle school. In the fall of 2022, I had the diagnosis written off and started on February 22 this year, Medical tests for class 1. I can proudly say that I now not only have an approved medical class 1, but I have also entered a pilot training and will start in April 2024 I want to thank you so much for inspiring me to dare to do something that many wouldn't have dared. I'm going to be a pilot, and a lot inspiration from you!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you so much for sharing your very personal experience! It is great to hear that you have received your medical certificate and start pilot training soon! And - for sure - I am very happy that I was able to inspire you to follow your aviation dreams. I wish you all the best for your pilot training and hope to see you soon on the flight deck!

[@yunis-cx8nl]

i don't know how, but your videos keep getting better with every addition. i really love the little touch with the commentary for the beginning!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you so much for watching and for your good and very helpful feedback! Have a nice day!

[@vintage0x]

How fabulous to fly a brand new A321 NEO, Captain Stefan. Thank you for your great effort making beautifully recorded & edited videos for us always. You are the best.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks a lot for your very friendly words! Have a wonderful day!

[@lewishlyd]

Went into Corfu a few months back, spectacular approach. Congrats to Eurowings on their new A321Neo delivery.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Many thanks for sharing your personal feedback! Have a great day!

[@flyeagle320]

One of best landing video i found in your channel . As a MSFS simmer being in virutal cockpit i can understand how tensed you were while on final . Great vid and landing captain .

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and your friendly feedback! Have a nice day!

[@cueceleches1]

Your videos are really awsome! For a hardcore simmer like me, these videos are such a great source of knowledge on procedures, PIC and PNF flows and the like. So, thank you very much for taking the time and the effort of delivering such fantastic recordings!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and for your great feedback! I wish you lots of fun with your simulator! And please: Tell everybody about my channel! Thanks in advance for your help and have a nice day!

[@DerbeQ]

corfu has one of the most beautiful approaches in europe, its so pretty! thank you for the video, as always :D

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for your feedback! I agree! It is a very nice approach! Have a great day!

[@bielgrauig]

As an Atpl student these videos help a lot to learn procedures and communications. Thank you!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and for sharing your personal feedback! I love to hear that the videos help you on your path to the ATPL license! All the best for your training! I hope to see you soon on the flight deck!

[@kitman9894]

Ευχαριστούμε!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you so much for your financial support of the channel! Have a great day!

[@enspropheticministry6786]

Again a great video with fabulous views. I love the little extra chat to camera before and after: makes it more personal some how 😊 A visual approach is always fun to watch. Thanks again! 🛬👍

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and for your good and very helpful feedback! I like visual approaches very much. They are more challenging to fly than instrument approaches, but it’s more fun and saves time and fuel.

[@cajo_brmn]

I really have to say it is always a pleasure watching your videos! It´s very educational and entertaining as well. Thanks for your efforts!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching! I am glad that you enjoy my videos! Thanks for the great feedback and have an nice day!

[@Germanhdzdkdxvxbx]

Very nice approach over the bridge behind the runway threshold. Very nice video quality . It couldn't be better! Danke und ein schönes Wochenende :D

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for your great feedback! All the best to you! Eine schöne Woche noch!

[@kosn4smw]

thank you so much captain for making more videos in Greece :) . One thing i wanted to point out is how amazing and relaxing the atmosphere is in the cockpit , i mean i felt so comfortable watching the video that i believe i would feel very comfortable if not in real life then in a simulator being the co pilot and having you as the captain instructing me haha :) .That's amazing :)

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and your great feedback! The basis for a safe and successful working day is a good and relaxing atmosphere. Sure, this is also true for the simulator training. Anything else would compromise a good result. Have a nice day!

[@HubAir71]

Very professional and particularly pleasant to watch. Thanks a lot again captain for this vidéo 😎

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and for your good feedback!

[@Julian-mo9dn]

As always, amazing piloting! Very cool to see the DRAIMS in the Neo. What a convenient System ^^

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and your good feedback! Have a nice day!

[@danielbnnn7877]

This landing was really on point 👍👍

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

I agree! One of my best landings!

[@lauraphilipp9709]

Wau, mein Lieblingsflugzeug, hunderte male im Simulator geflogen, aber so schnell die Vorbereitung vor der Landung habe ich noch nie gesehen. Respekt und danke für das tolle Video ❤

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Vielen Dank fürs Anschauen und das persönliche Feedback! Der Anflug war tatsächlich sehr kurz. Da passte alles exakt. ATC hatte uns ja für einen Anflug nach Sicht freigegeben. Für mich war es die erste Landung mit einem Airbus A321 NEO. Ein tolles Flugzeug!

[@RainerZufall4]

very interesting introduction! and as usual, a wonderful scenery and a beautiful approach.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you very much for your good feedback and for your financial support of my channel as a member! Have a nice day!

[@HolgerTeutsch]

Sweet holiday memories come back. In spring I stood on the dam in front of the threshold watching the planes come in.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching, your support as a member and your feedback! I saw the bridge during the approach. It must be a nice place to watch the planes.

[@rabidbigdog]

The A321 NEO is such a beautiful machine Stefan. You are very lucky. No problems about the tie, hopefully none of the passengers noticed and perhaps just thought you were off duty!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and for your comment! I agree, the A321 NEO is a very beautiful airplane! Have a great day!

[@offtheice]

Apologizing for the tie is incredible detail, continue the great videos!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for your good feedback! More videos will be published! Please tell everybody about my channel! Thanks in advance and have a nice day!

[@usurpareltrono]

Superb as always Captain, seems like you enjoyed your A321neo experience! I find these visual approaches so interesting, also a good way to try out the new equipment 😁 Vielen dank! (And I’m sorry to hear about your tie)

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you very much for supporting the channel as a member!!! Right, I enjoyed the A321 NEO experience very much. Visual approaches are always nice and fun to fly. They even reduce the flighttime and save some fuel. No problem about the tie. I just mentioned that because I normally always wear a tie, which is part of the uniform. Vielen Dank und einen schönen Tag noch! Have a nice day!

[@diraneumann]

Big thank you again captain for this video !

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching!

[@sourich585]

Many thanks for your vlog into Corfu great vlog also please don't worry about your tie, you are a very well mannered gentleman again many thanks Richard and Tanya from Southampton UK

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Tanya and Richard, Thanks for watching and your great feedback. In between, I got a new tie. Best wishes to Southampton!

[@tango6nf477]

Good morning Captain, wonderful video, Corfu is somewhere I would like to visit sometime. My respect for your professionalism and integrity in explaining why you are not wearing a tie, I don't think many of us would have noticed! All the best and I hope you enjoy your new aircraft it sounds great.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you very much for your financial support of the channel as a channel member! This really helps to keep the channel alive! Thank you also for the great feedback! I know only the airport of Corfu and the aerial views of the island. They look so beautiful. I also have to visit the island sometime. Everybody who I know who visited the island highly recommends a trip to Corfu. Have a nice day!

[@stamatak]

I love these videos, a lot of landings in my two home countries (Germany + Greece) and the very detailed briefings you do, as well as how you constantly communicate and discuss what the plan is, Dankeschön

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you very much for watching and for sharing your good and personal feedback! Thank you, vielen Dank und alles Gute! All the best to you!

[@TheRealDanVerton]

Best Captain in the air today!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you very much! Have a great day!

[@tiziostanco]

A well-managed visual approach, this is the second video with an A321! Have a great day!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and for supporting the channel as a member! Yes, this is the second A321 video on the channel. There will be more published in the near future. Please stay tuned and have a nice day!

[@Crit_Power]

Love these videos! Looks and sounds great, what an amazing view of that water just before the runway

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and your wonderful feedback! Have a nice day!

[@stewartwilkinsonsnr]

Captain love how professional you are always, like apology for broken Tie, I suspect there will be a spare one in you luggage in future. What a beautiful plane and great video once again. 👏👏

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you so much for watching amd your friendly words! I did not put a spare tie into my flightkit until now. But I may think about it. I agree, the plane is very beautiful!

[@stefstaf]

It was a beautiful weather so what more natural to fly the visual approach. I long to see the RNP approach to Rwy 34. Nice video as always cpt!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and your good feedback! Have a great day!

[@MunurCYP]

Perfect as always.. Thanks Captains!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you very much! Enjoy the day!

[@sawyerhja]

Another very polished performance.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for supporting the channel as a member and for sharing your feedback! Have a nice day!

[@nizakk]

Thank you for sharing these videos, I am currently studying ATPL and these motivate me every day, have a good day from Mallorca.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and your good feedback! I wish you all the best for your ATPL training. Greetings to Mallorca Island.

[@Alex-nk6pp]

Immer wieder super videos, und dies mal mit Erklärung, enfach TOP. Danke dafür ! Ich fliege ja seit dem Germanwings-Flug nicht mehr mit Eurowings....aus Angst. Aber mit bei dem sympathischen Piloten wäre ich wahrscheinlich mit keinem anderen mehr geflogen. Vielen Dank.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Vielen Dank fürs Anschauen, das Lob und das sehr persönliche Feedback! Fliegen ist eine der sichersten Fortbewegungsarten und statistisch gesehen ähnlich sicher wie eine Fahrt mit dem Zug. Autofahren zum Beispiel ist erheblich gefährlicher. Das Gute in der Luftfahrt ist, dass sie sich ständig weiter entwickelt und aus Dingen, die in der Vergangenheit passiert sind, lernt. Ich hoffe, dass Sie eines Tages die Angst überwinden und wir Sie wieder im Flugzeug begrüßen können! Einen schönen Tag noch!

[@ParisRome]

Super Captain thanks. I love visual approach

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching! I also love visual approaches!

[@Brian_dub_]

I love your videos! I take flights mainly in A320's and I love knowing what is going on in the cockpit at take off and landing while I'm comfortable in the back! Hope to fly Eurowings one day with a great crew

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and for sharing your good and personal feedback! I hope to see you on board soon! Have a nice day!

[@gordonmacleod6360]

What a great landing Captain 👏

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you very much! Have a great day!

[@MrLewis555]

Awesome video and landing as ever :) I've been away for a few weeks so I'm looking forward to catching up!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Welcome back! Thanks for watching and your good feedback!

[@edmoorebsc]

Was hoping for a Corfu trip! And what a lovely visual from the north rather than the usual crawl around all the RNAV waypoints. Very nice.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and your good feedback! ATC wanted us to fly the RNAV approach with a left hand pattern. But we asked for a right hand visual to shorten the way, which was approved by ATC. Sightseeing may also have been nice with the left hand RNAV pattern. Have a great day!

[@edmoorebsc]

@@ApproachandDepartureVideos I once flew in there as a passenger on an approach to 34 that became a very exciting circle to land back on 16, low turn back over the harbour, great fun. I wonder what level of tailwind you would have to be facing on 34 to make the circle to land on the opposite runway a better decision?

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

@@edmoorebsc I flew the circle to land to 16 once years ago. The hill infront of the displaced threshold makes it very challenging. Most airplanes are capable of 10 or even 15 knots tailwind. But due to the hill behind runway 34, they may have performance problems with 15 knots tailwind. I assume that they use 34 up to 10 knots tailwind and switch to 16 with more wind or if the airplanes are unable to land on 34 due to performance reasons.

[@amfwelsh]

Not all captains create a nice atmosphere in the cabin. i know all are there to do a job but your respect and appreciation to the other crew members goes a long way.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you so much for your very kind words! Have a wonderful day!

[@cameronrussell7679]

the best full cotpit videos I have ever watched, keep it up. I am currently looking to get my commercial licence and already have my PPL and your videos spur me on to follow my dream! Airbus for the win!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for your great feedback! Good to hear that my videos inspired you to follow your dream and now you are on the way of becoming a commercial pilot! I wish you all the best for the training and the checkrides and hope to see you soon on the flight deck!

[@telosfd]

Superb video. At 16:10 pilot turn in that point to the final, means he knows the airport well! It's not the first time that he makes an approach to LGKR 34. That's right?

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you for your great feedback! Yes, you are right! I have been there before and did over the years several approaches to both runways starting from different directions. We lined up as short as possible in regard to the standard operating procedures. If a pilot does not know the airport, I would suggest to plan on a longer final approach.

[@fosselfliegt]

On point Captain! 👍🏻 Really enjoyed the approach! Thank you!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you very much for watching and for your good feedback! Have a nice day!

[@supergrobi1061]

Ahh die Altweiberfaschingfolge…. Tolles Video as always

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Vielen Dank fürs Anschauen!

[@neilking]

Excellent as usual.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

I appreciate that! Thank you very much for your good feedback!

[@KenzoRicci]

Great one! As always!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you very much!

[@alikarakelle243]

Best aviation channel by far!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you so much for the kind words!!!! Please tell everyone about it! Thanks in advance and have a wonderful day!

[@alikarakelle243]

@@ApproachandDepartureVideos your welcome, it's the truth sir. Learned so much since started to watch.

[@kirkrectin2476]

Amazing approach and great landing!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you very much for your great feedback!

[@zaxareniasalvanou2778]

Καλώς ήρθατε στο νησί μου διαδικτυακέ μου φίλε , σας υποδεχομαι με χαρά στην γενέτειρα μου , σας εύχομαι πάντα ηλιόλουστα ταξίδια και ανοιχτούς ορίζοντες !❤❤

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you very much for your great feedback! Best greetings to Greece!

[@scoimalloi3405]

Love the channel! I watch your landings then try them out in MS Flight Simulator afterwards :) Greetings from Scotland. Danke

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and for sharing your good feedback! Please tell everybody about the channel! I wish you lots of nice flights with your simulator! Best greetings to Scotland!

[@niklas7355]

Spannende Landung 🛬 danke fürs teilen ❤🎉

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Vielen Dank fürs Anschauen und das gute Feedback. Einen schönen Tag noch!

[@Strathclydegamer]

No need to apologise about the tie, your work speaks to your professionalism far more than an item of clothing could! I understand the company will have uniform standards, but these things happen. What a beautiful aircraft! Do new planes have that new car smell? 😂 Beautiful approach and landing, another wonderful video - thank you. Knowing I’ve got a new vid to come home to certainly makes working Friday nights easier! Edit - is the “Autobrakes Off” announcement a new feature? I don’t recall hearing it in previous videos

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and your good feedback! Yes, new airplanes smell very special. The autobrake off announcement came with the A320 Neos and the A321 Neos. With a software upgrade it is also possible to implement it in some older planes. Have a great day!

[@agustinlaurito9656]

Beautiful approach!!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and your good feedback!

[@derlp1]

Hello Stefan. I am extremely enthusiastic about your approach video to CFU. 👌👍 You did a great job at the beginning where you explained the data and type of aircraft! As far as the feeling of the plane and the landing goes, it flew really well! 🥇 How do you like the brand new A321 NEO? Thank you for always providing such great pictures from the cockpit and for allowing us to look over your shoulder! 🏆 With this in mind, I wish you and your crew a nice weekend. 🌞 Kind regards from Styria 🤗 Werner

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Hello Werner, thank you for your good feedback! I like the A321 NEO very much. It is a very nice airplane with good performance and a much lower fuelflow than the CEO. Less noise and less emissions are also good. I hope to be scheduled soon again on the A321 NEO. Best wishes to Styria!

[@NKOOofficial]

10/10 Perfect landing!! ;)

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you very much! Have a nice day!

[@juliankuffer3903]

This was very good Landing

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you very much!

[@thomsen3303]

Wie immer tolles Video! Beste Grüße aus EDDW! :)

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Vielen Dank fürs Anschauen und das gute Feedback! Viele Grüße nach Bremen!

[@xmoritz06]

wow what an approach and I really have to say that I love the new A321-251NX in your fleet, stunning aircraft. Is there a huge difference between the old & new comm set up below the MCDU? Thank you for the upload, have a nice week!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for the good feedback and for your support of my channel!!! I agree, the A321 neo is a very nice airplane. Now the old audio control panel, radio management panel and transponder panel are all combined in one panel. The frequencies can be entered via a keypad. This is a good improvement. Downside is that there is only one standby frequency for each radio. Before, both radio management panels could have different standby frequencies for one radio. Now, if the first officer changes his or her standby frequency for COM 1, also my standby frequency to COM 1 will be changed to the same frequency. Have a great day!

[@xmoritz06]

@@ApproachandDepartureVideos ah okay really interesting! Thank you for you answer! 😀

[@tpottrell]

Can tell from your breathing on the mic once the AP came off how much effort/concentration you were putting into that landing 😄

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and for sharing your observation! Have a nice day!

[@NelioGuidi]

Sehr gutes Video wie immer :) Freue mich jede Woche auf ein neues Video.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Vielen Dank fürs Anschauen und das gute Feedback! Das höre ich sehr gerne!

[@pilot_george21]

beautiful plane !!!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

I agree!!!

[@kitman9894]

With or without tie your overall skills are impressive. CAPTAIN with capital letters.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you so much for your kind words!!!!! Have a wonderful day!!!!

[@hakandaghan6073]

an exciting mastery

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and your great feedback!

[@707liner8]

Another great video Captain! I flew into Corfu many years ago on an Air Europe 757, quite similar in overall dimensions to the A321Neo, but obviously lacking a lot of the technology the 321 has. It always surprised me that Boeing never updated the 757, I think they missed a trick there given the sales success of the Airbus.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and for sharing your personal thoughts! I do not know about the details. But the classic A321 was already a big success and many airlines ordered it instead of Boeing 757. Maybe that the 757 is less efficient or so and needs more fuel.

[@kwasisb5390]

Hi , really love the details. But quick question. What does landing no blue on the ECAM memo mean? I hear a lot of airbus pilots say it when reading the checklist

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

The ECAM system shows a digital checklist on the upper screen in the middle of the cockpit. All items which have not been done are shown in blue. Completed items are shown in green. A while ago we said “all green”, now we say “no blue” which means the same thing.

[@kwasisb5390]

@@ApproachandDepartureVideos ohh so it means you are landing and theres nothing(no item? in blue ?

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

@@kwasisb5390 You are correct. If the items for landing of takeoff are done, the color changes form blue to green. So nothing should be written in blue in this checklist before landing or takeoff.

[@kwasisb5390]

@@ApproachandDepartureVideos oh alright. Thanks a lot

[@NathanS2022]

Great landing 🛬 😊😊😊

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you very much!

[@ilfordino-fordfiestatutori8725]

Pulling out right now the simulator and the A320-200. Pescara LIBP to Corfù LGKR here I come!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

This sounds good! Have fun!

[@ilfordino-fordfiestatutori8725]

definitely had fun with lost of gusty winds!@@ApproachandDepartureVideos

[@arusuforest]

Japan doesn't release cockpit footage, so I look forward to it every week.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching, for your support as a member and for sharing your comment! I did not know about Japan. Have a nice day!

[@arusuforest]

Thank you for your reply! I'm Japanese and living in Japan. This is extremely valuable because Japanese airlines don't post many videos of their flights. Thanks!

[@Kam_MD11]

Wonderful video captain , add to it a brand new A21N and you have magic. I inderstand the FMS software in the NEOs have a few more bels and whistles and let you fly FLS approaches for example if I am not mistaken plus CPDLC capabilities which must be nice on those long hauls. With or without a tie you always conduct your flights in outmost professionalism. Happy conrails :) - Kam

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Kam, thanks for watching, your great feedback and for being a long time supporter of my channel! We have CPDLC capabilities available in all airplanes, even in the older ones. It is already widely used in Europe for enroute ATC communication. Have a nice day!

[@Sean_Coyne]

Brand new Airbus and the only thing that broke was the Captain's tie, lol. Lovely approach and landing, except I was wondering where the airport was until the turn on final. 😄

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for your friendly words! Have a great day!

[@coachpilot1]

Thanks Stefan again for bringing this unique and high quality content every week! Scenic view on short final indeed. I noticed the new generation Radio Management Panel (DRAIMS), did you find it more ergonomic?

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you so much for supporting the channel as a member and for your great feedback! The new radio management panel is nice. It combines the audio contol panel, the radio management panel and the transponder control panel in one unit. It’s good that we now can type in the new frequencies for the radios and that we both can control the transponder from this new panel. Downside is that we only can have one standby frequency for each radio. With the old RMPs, we could have 2 standby frequencies for each radio: One standby frequency displayed on the first officers RMP and a separate one on the captains RMP. With the new RMPs, the standby frequency changes in both units if one pilot changes it.

[@stephan-1968]

Tolles Video und die Arbeit im Cockpit wird sehr gut gezeigt. Eine Frage stellt sich mir (ich bin Laie)...Der Standplatz war B6, auf der "Parkkarte" habe ich nur A und C gesehen. Warum wird B nicht aufgeführt ?

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Vielen Dank fürs Anschauen und das gute Feedback! Der Parkplatz heißt 6B und ist auch als solcher in der Parkkarte eingezeichnet. Am Ende des Videos ist die Parkkarte in voller Grōße zu sehen. 6B, 6 und 6A liegen direkt nebeneinander. Hier passt das ganz gut. Unsere Karten kommen von Lido/Lufthansa Systems und sind immer sehr aktuell.

[@stephan-1968]

Jetzt habe ich es gesehen ! Danke und ich freue mich auf weitere Videos.

[@franco_albi9559]

Good morning beautiful story as usual on bord the new plane. I have a question if you have time: The interception of the iaf (Initial point of the approach, for those not familiar with the matter) already authorizes pilot to use the ils (Instrumental landing system) or do you have to wait until faf (final point) ? Thank you , and have a good weekend to all the crew.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and your question! If you are cleared to the initial approach fix and then for the standard ILS approach, you have to fly whatever routing or maneuver is published on the approach chart until reaching the final approach point. From the final approach point, you will then follow the localizer and the glideslope to the published decision altitude. Most of the time, you will intercept the localizer already before the final approach point. Usually, ATC provides vectors to the ILS instead of the published routing. Then you can use the ILS not before ATC tells you that you are cleared for the ILS.

[@franco_albi9559]

Grazie@@ApproachandDepartureVideos

[@MrJaegermeister2010]

Good morning Captain, thanks for sharing these nice impressions with us. As always a nice video! First time for me seeing the "new" Radio Management Panel in action. Do you think it is good? Have a nice weekend.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and your good feedback! I like the new radio management panel. It also allows to control the transponder. The only downside is that both pilots have the same standby frequency for each radio. Before, both pilots could have different standby frequencies for each radio. Have a great day!

[@dutypaidrock]

Great to see a NEO on the channel! Question for you; when there is an ILS or RNAV approach available, why do you sometimes choose a visual approach? I understand this is dependant upon conditions, but is it just more fun to fly and you like the callenge or is it a company requirement you fly a certain number a month to keep the skills fresh, or something else (or a combination!)? Seems like the workload is higher, so just curious as to why you request it specifically sometimes?

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for your good feedback! We can fly whatever approach we want as long as ATC approves it and the weather is in accordance to the requirements for the approach. Visual approaches are shorter than instrument approaches. They save flight time, fuel and reduce emissions. So it is always in nice weather a good idea to request a visual approach. Visual approaches are more challenging but also fun to fly. Some airports, like Dusseldorf in Germany, do not allow visual approaches of large jets because they want to have the airplane noise always at the same routings. Instrument approaches keep the planes on the appropriate track. Other airports, like Berlin or Hamburg, restrict visual approaches to a minimum certain distance and altitude. This makes it more complicated.

[@dutypaidrock]

@@ApproachandDepartureVideos Ah, makes perfect sense, thank you! I shall implement it into my sim flying. Greetings from the UK!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

@@dutypaidrock Thanks! Many greetings back to the UK!

[@godfreyduncan7783]

Lovely approach and landing captain, I have a question, how do you calculate on take off your flex temp?

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks! We use for this Flysmart, an Ipad app from Airbus.

[@CoffeeFlight]

Amazing flying, Captain! As a passenger, I really appreciate the quietness of the neos. I heard that the A321neo's flare mode is different in that it doesn't push the nose down during flare. Is that true?

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you so much for helping the channel as a member!!! The plane landed very similar to the A321 CEO. I did not feel any difference. But my understanding is the same like yours. The flare law shall be somehow modified compared to the CEO planes. The THS is frozen at 100 feet and the plane behaves like a conventional plane with a mechanical connection from the yoke to the flight controls. They call it direct stick to elevator control.

[@francescosanti5903]

Another beautiful video. As a curiosity, flying small planes. To your FOs asking advice for a good flare on A320/321 what you suggest? Do you look at the opposite thresold or closer to assess flare height?

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

The flare in an Airbus is not much different than a flare in a Mooney or Piper aircraft. You want to reduce your sinkrate to zero at the moment you touch the runway. Compared to a small plane, you have to start a little earlier. The radio altimeter is a good help. For good results, with the Airbus A319, you may start the flare between 10 and 20 feet. With the A320 at about 20 feet and with the A321 at about 30 feet or even a little higher. Depending on the weight. I usually look along the runway. Not necessarily always to the opposite threshold. You can see this very good in all my newer videos. The radar altimeter and the vertical speed indicator and the pitch values are visible and show exactly what and when we do something in the flare.

[@theaeronauticsfanboy7996]

hello again nice landing enjoyed this video, one question i noticed in some of ur videos during approach after disconnecting autopilot sometimes flight directors are turned off and sometimes its kept on is there like a procedure behind this because i had this doubt in my own flight simulator if i should switch off the flight directors after disconnecting autopilot

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for your good feedback! When we fly an instrument approach, we usually keep the flight directors on after we switch the autopilot off. Sometimes we even switch off the flight directors. This is called a raw data approach. We also switch off the flight directors if we do not want to follow them or if the approach we fly is not inserted in the MCDU. Here we fly a visual approach. Our detailed final flight path was not programmed in the MCDU, so we had to switch off the flight directors. The main reference during the visual approach is the outside view.

[@theaeronauticsfanboy7996]

@@ApproachandDepartureVideos understood thanks alot for the clarification

[@tomstravels520]

@@theaeronauticsfanboy7996 one other little detail. Depending on the type of computer software you have depends if you have to turn off the FD's at minimums. Older planes if you were in FINAL APP when you go -50ft below minimums the plan would go to HDG and V/S mode so you must turn off FD's. Newer ones will keep FINAL APP mode all the way to the Missed Approach Point (often the runway threshold) so you don't necessarily have to turn off as it will still provide guidance but it can still depend where the MAP point is and company SOP's

[@danielpike3778]

The new ACP looks great and surely is a bit easier to handle as the rotating knobs? Is it unique to the A321neo?

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

I do not know if Airbus puts the new control panel in all planes or in all Neos or in just the A321 NEO. The keypad is much nicer than the rotating knobs. Have a nice day!

[@flyingbarbarian1]

Do you know if the new radio panel is on all 32S now or only the 321?

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

I do not know. I assume that it will be a part of all NEOs which are delivered in the future.

[@flyingbarbarian1]

@@ApproachandDepartureVideos That would make sense, thank you.

[@simonforrister3820]

You like your visual approaches, don't you? Fascinating. What a beautiful aircraft the A321neo is. Is Stephen Hawking doing the ATIS? 🤣🤣

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Yes, you are right! I love visual approaches! This is the real flying. It is more challenging than an instrument approach. But it also saves fuel and flighttime. Have a great day!

[@Brad_1511]

Flown into Corfu a few times in real life and it's always terrifying as passenger with the runway being out in the water, several feet above the ground but no ground in sight 😅

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and for sharing your personal feedback! The landings in Corfu, Heraklion ... are always a little bit like landings on an aircraft carrier.

[@Brad_1511]

@@ApproachandDepartureVideos curious if you ever fly into Innsbruck? Would love to see the cockpit view of that. I know easyjet had a documentary including an episode flying into it but the over editing sort of ruined it

[@Adrian-vb2si]

Great Video as always, Stefan. Was you tie on vacation this time? :-))))

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for your good feedback! Have a great day!

[@birdman4274]

Another great video. Did you need different certification for A321 as from A320 or are instrumentation & controls same? 👍👍

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

The typerating is the same .It includes A318 to A321. Everything is very similar. But we have to do a difference training for all variants before we can fly them the first time. This is also true for the NEO versions of the planes.

[@raunakshroff6928]

One question, what were the fix created for in the MCDU?

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

The runway extended centerline and a 4 nautical mile circle around the runway.

[@raunakshroff6928]

4 mile circle was due to the high terrain around the airport. And runway extended centerline was basically for situational awareness. Correct if I’m wrong?

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

@@raunakshroff6928 4 nautical mile circle was made in preparation for a visual approach. This helped for our awareness and was a good add on to the navigation by ground references.

[@flyingyatc]

nice Video! I dont think thats possible but is there any chance you will sometime upload a full flight vid (shorter flight)?

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

This project is still in my mind and will hopefully be done sometime. Several technical reasons make it Iway more complicated than said.

[@roccothamanoidis]

I was surprised the Min Selectable Speed was so high during descent and approach. Never seen that in the CEO 320. Is it Neo specific or a 321 thing?

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

The A321 speeds are higher if you compare to the A320 because of the additional airplane weight. Also, the speeds vary due to the passenger and baggage load. When we use the speedbrake, the VLS rises significantly. Even with a heavy A320 you may see something like 240 knots or so.

[@D4rthDuck]

will we see you flying to dubai or are you stationed at the wrong base for that? And what do you think about the new DRAIMS, is it better as the old one ?

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

I do not know who is doing the flights to Dubai. The DRAIMS is nice: Easy frequency input via a keypad and both pilots can control the transponder. Downside is that only one standby frequency is possible to be preset for each radio. Before each pilot could have an own standby frequency for each radio.

[@vplusah]

Beautiful!!! Difficult approach...

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching an for your good feedback! Have a wonderful day!

[@everflights]

Very nice approach! A321neo even better than the A321-200. Does the A321neo have better/newer headsets? I think the sound of both pilot voices is way clearer and better!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and for your good feedback! I thought the same. I assume that it may have to do with the new combined audio control/radio management panel. The quality of the cockpit interphone sounds much better in the A321neo compared to the other A320 family airplanes. My recording equipment was unchanged. So it can only be the airplane. It sounds like that the frequency band of the cockpit audio is much larger in this airplane.

[@phil4475]

Fully excused for the missing tie 🤣SO how do you feel the NEO ? any important difference with old one ?

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

The most important difference for me is the much better fuel economy and the much better climb rate. Less noise and lower emissions are also good. This all is also true for the A320 NEO.

[@Trinidadiandeep]

Shinny new toy! NEO 321!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Yes, I agree!

[@nikoritz4850]

Guten Morgen! Wie immer großartig! Nur, wie kann eine Krawatte kaputt gehen?😅 Als Ausgleich dann mindestens die Mütze tragen. 😉

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Vielen Dank fürs Anschauen und das konstruktive Feedback!!!!! Eine Krawatte kann zum Beispiel kaputt gehen, indem man sie unbeabsichtigt stark beschmutzt. Einen schönen Tag noch!