SAMOS 🇬🇷 (SMI) | Stunning visual departure over the island from rwy 09 | Airbus 319 cockpit + pilots

[@tomfal6784]

Danke! Für die Kaffeekasse!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

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[@therublixcube3052]

Consistently some of the most quality aviation content on youtube No music or tacky editing, straight to the point. Also, interesting that this A319 uses IAE V2500 engines

[@garethwhite6825]

Exactly what a colleague and I were saying at work yesterday.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

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[@tiziostanco]

An espresso for the cockpit from Italy!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you so much for your regular support of the channel! Best greetings to Italy!

[@paultwigus2401]

Nice video and great to see a TO/GA takeoff! Curious to know what the "B" next to several of the checklist items means ? Thanks.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and your good feedback and thanks for being a member of the channel! Your financial support is really important! B in the checklist means that both pilots have to provide a response for the checklist item. If you watch this video or one of the others again, you will hear both pilots responding to a B item. Have a good day!

[@paultwigus2401]

@@ApproachandDepartureVideos crystal clear , thank you!

[@gabornagy1347]

These videos are always great to watch,becamepart of my saturday routine. This one was a fun departure turning over the terrain, always love to see how the two pilots work together.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and your good and personal feedback! Have a wonderful weekend!

[@yurikondratyuk7065]

Fast & Furious this one captain!! Well done and amazing work!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

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[@yanivcohen5506]

Very impressive teamwork and very professional quality! P.s got to love the greek ATCs, so enthusiastic! Love it!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and your good feedback! I agree, the Greek ATC is wonderful! They are enthusiastic and always very helpful!

[@machmuler]

High intensity in that departure, quality in your videos at the highest. Thank you

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

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[@globalzero]

Watched so many cockpit videos, this camera setup with the instruments, pilots and wide angle is perfect. Good job thank you and keep up!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks you so much for watching and for sharing your very helpful feedback! Have a great day!

[@caseyjones166]

Very interesting departure - so many things to consider! And all under time pressure. Interesting airport - must give it a go sometime.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

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[@flyingdentist]

I really like these videos to watch and especially when there are from places from my country like this from Samos island.Stunning views

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

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[@sukhoy35]

Fantastic video, as always! Thanks for this...

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

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[@hunterhurley5245]

Another great video, Captain. Really enjoyed the discussion of takeoff speeds/flaps/distance.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for the good and detailed feedback! Have a nice day!

[@Sjoram]

Another great video, always look forward to the Saturday morning uploads! Coming from the UK, I've particularly enjoyed some of your UK departures and arrivals, but I thought this was one of your best in terms of the insight into some of the thought process that goes into the planning. For context: My experience is about 50hrs towards PPL, but not flown in a while now. Still trying and failing so far to master the flare & landing of the Fenix A320 in MSFS! I have quite a lot of the ITVV DVDs from the 90s in the UK, plus enjoyed some of JustPlanes content (particularly some of the Aer Lingus flights). Your content is up there with theirs and I'm going to show some support to the channel shortly! Keep it going! 🙂

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you so much for your good feedback and for sharing your personal flying experience! I wish you all the best for your PPL-Training and lots of fun with your simulator!

[@garethwhite6825]

When you remember it's Saturday and they'll be a new video waiting for me. ❤ The departure videos, I find most interesting, seeing the take off calcs was brilliant.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

It's great to hear that you like also this video! Thanks for your good feedback! Have a nice weekend!

[@kitman9894]

Ευχαριστούμε!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

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[@Wuthuhn]

Wenn alle solch eine überragende Art der Zusammenarbeit an den Tag legen würden, wäre die Arbeitswelt mit Sicherheit für alle Beteiligten angenehmerer & auch produktiver! Es macht einfach Spaß Euch zuzuhören/ zuzusehen dabei 👌🏽

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Vielen lieben Dank fürs Anschauen und das sehr gute detaillierte Feedback! Einen schönen Tag noch!

[@RainerZufall4]

Thank you for the wonderful departure video. Great Video!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and your good feedback!

[@tango6nf477]

Good morning Sirs, well you said stunning and stunning it was, thank you for a very entertaining video. I am always struck by the great working relationship between yourselves and the push back drivers and their professionalism in manoeuvring of the aircraft with such accuracy. They are one of the "unseen hero's / heroines" who work together to make it all possible. Their work is one of the things that we passengers do not see from the cabin so they tend to go unnoticed. Thank you again Sir.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching, for being a supporting member of the channel and for your great and detailed feedback! I agree, the pushback drivers are really important and tend to be unnoticed! Have a nice weekend!

[@godfreyduncan7783]

Nice to see a toga take off with flaps 2 fantastic

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

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[@jounaas]

great video as always! do you have any videos from rhodes/lgrp?

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you very much! I haven’t been scheduled to Rhodes for a long time. But as soon as I am scheduled again to Rhodes, I sure try to record a video! It may take a while. Please stay tuned.

[@neilking]

Very good as usual. I enjoyed the late change in takeoff parameters.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

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[@Strathclydegamer]

What a beautiful departure! Such incredible views

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

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[@stefstaf]

At last a Flaps 2 TOGA config! Thank you for the nice videos.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

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[@yunis-cx8nl]

Very powerful to see the professionality and situational awareness in the cockpit with the weather change!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

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[@cajo_brmn]

Sehr sehr coole Departure, ist fliegerisch super interessant! Danke für die tollen Videos! Liebe Grüße aus Ingolstadt :)

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Vielen lieben Dank für das Lob und noch ein schönes Wochenende! Gruß nach Ingolstadt!

[@aykutoner]

That was the best departure video. Thank you very much.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you so much! Have a great day!

[@KEITHGEE1000]

Excellent as always. Interesting to watch how you recalculated the take off speeds and power. And all the passengers have to do is look out of the window and enjoy the view!!!! Keith

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Keith, first of all: Many thanks to you for being a supporting member of the channel! This really helps! And thank you for your kind feedback and for sharing your observations! Have a great day!

[@kitman9894]

Very very impressive video.And safety always on top.Checking and confirming the performance data again and again.PROFFESSIONALS!And the departure so beautiful.Thank you Captain.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you very much for watching and for your comprehensive and kind feedback! Have a wonderful day!

[@FLYERLHR]

So happy that I’ve been able to see these videos. A pleasure watching from just outside the vicinity of RWY 09R/27L at LHR. Appreciate the fact you respond to almost everyone even though you have a busy schedule! Keep up the work and happy flying

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

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

[@jjaus]

Wow! So busy for a small airport.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching!

[@yorkshirebiker]

I love your weekly videos 🤩 Thank you so much 🤗

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you very much for the great feedback!

[@MrLewis555]

Great video as always. I really enjoyed the discussion you were having about take off thrust, was very interesting, thank you for including it :)

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

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[@MrLewis555]

You're welcome, you too

[@franco_albi9559]

Thank you also for this nice video and have a good day everyone

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching, your wishes and your good feedback! All the best to you!

[@doadoa9156]

Great as always!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and the good feedback!

[@simonedwards1970]

Thanks for the video,calm debriefing,loads of checks ,a great way to see what happens in the cockpit,the island looks beautiful

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

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

[@derlp1]

Hello Cpt. Another beautiful visual departure video by Samos. 🤩 Thanks for the great insights and views from the cockpit. 👍 I'm thrilled that you can see the aircraft and the cabin crew in the videos. A big thank you to them for allowing us to see the beautiful pictures and videos of their work! A question: Can I say you? It would be an honor and I would be very happy. 😀 With this in mind, I wish you and your crew a nice week. Greetings from Styria 🤗 Werner

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Hello Werner, thanks for watching and your great feedback! Sure, you may say you! Have a nice weekend!

[@sweiv]

THANKS A LOT! Amazing as always! i can't already wait next Saturday! Big thank you for the great videos

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you for the kind feedback!

[@hauer54]

Another wonderful video... danke Captain & Co-Pilot. Really enjoying your informative videos!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you very much for watching and the great feedback! Danke schön! Have a nice weekend!

[@DUBaviator]

Beautiful departure.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Many thanks!

[@jonathanparry9505]

Lovely views, thank you, happy flying

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

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

[@vintage0x]

Wonderful video as always. Thank you for the stunning departure in 4K, Captain Stefan.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

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

[@PilotWanderlust]

Sehr schön! Muss mir gleich nochmal die Landung dort anschauen! Schönes Wochenende 🤗

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Danke Dir! Dein Feedback freut mich besonders, denn Du bist ja Experte in jeder Hinsicht! Der Anflug, der zu diesem Abflug gehört, wird voraussichtlich nächste Woche veröffentlicht. Aber hier auf dem Kanal gibt es ja noch andere Samos-Videos. Dir auch ein schönes Wochenende und bis bald!

[@PilotWanderlust]

@@ApproachandDepartureVideos Danke! Wir fliegen wirklich viele schöne Orte an und es freut mich zu sehen, dass das Anschauen der Videos aus dem Cockpit auf großes Interesse stößt! Weiter so!

[@stewartwilkinsonsnr]

Great Video Captain ✈️

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for the good feedback!

[@tiziostanco]

Great video, the first time I see a TOGA take off instead of SRS with "false" temperature! A lot of work in this SID to avoid obstacles! Just one question: what is the green dot in speed indicator? You followed that indicated speed just before selecting "speed managed". Thank you and keep posting those great videos! Cheers from LIPX!!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for your good feedback and your question! The green dot marks the green dot speed: The engine out operation speed in clean condition. This is the best lift versus drag speed with one engine running and very close to the best lift/drag speed with both engines running.We use this speed if we want to get the best climb gradient to overfly close obstacles in the departure. Like here in the video.

[@tiziostanco]

@@ApproachandDepartureVideos Thank you as usual for the explanation!

[@danmoretti8898]

Love the vids you post from Samos! Thanks for the awesome content as always.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and your good feedback!

[@xmoritz06]

Stunning visual departure out of Samos! Really really beautiful 😍I have just two questions. 1. Do you need to send a delay message to your company yourself? I'm just asking, because she asked you during pushback what the reasons for the current delay are. I guess she needs to write it down & send to it to whereever as well...maybe to her company... 2. You performed a TO/GA takeoff with Flaps two. Does your calculation tool give you any suggestions whether you should take Flaps one or two for example or do you have to "try out" every single option yourself and find the best one possible?

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and your good feedback! And thanks for being a member of the channel! Your membership helps keeping the channel alive! Usually, our flights to and from Samos are on time. Here, we arrived a few minutes late and the ground ops in Samos was slower than than normal due to lots of traffic for the small airport. If an ATC delay message would be required, this will be sent by ops control. Here the ramp agent is asking about the delay reasons. She has to send the codes for the reasons with her departure message to our company. This also shows up in the cockpit and we have to verify that it is ok. To avoid any disputes about the reasons, the agent should verify the reasons with us before we leave. We can choose between several options in the performance calculation tool. One option is an optimum configuration. The result of the optimum calculation may be any allowed takeoff flap setting. Most of the time, the optimum calculation will provide a good result for us. Due to the very variable winds, we went through different other options because we wanted some more margin for a possible takeoff abort.

[@xmoritz06]

@@ApproachandDepartureVideos Thank you for your great explanation! I actually thought you need to send a delay message. But that one makes even more sense yeah. Have a nice evening!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

@@xmoritz06 Thank you, the same to you!

[@flyingyatc]

@@ApproachandDepartureVideos How many minutes was the delay? Can you remember?

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

@@flyingyatc I do not remember. It was not that much. All departure delays of more than 3 minutes have to be reported with detailed delay codes.

[@ItzzTomoss]

Awesome stuff, im a ground worker at BHX love what you're doing!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for your great feedback! And thanks for your hard work at BHX airport! Have a good day!

[@PCEngineer2007uk]

Nice video guys!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you!

[@lupo_aim]

Great vid, thank you! What date was it recorded, i was there 2 weeks ago 😅

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching! Due to privacy reasons, I cannot release the exact date of the flight. I am sorry that I can't give you a better answer.

[@mr_matcheu]

Amazing departure, what a view ! And good job with the efficient team work, recalculating the perf last minute, with no stress at all 👍👍

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you for watching and for your good feedback! Have a great weekend!

[@shauncleary4506]

Stunning departure, perfectly executed 👍✈️

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you so much! Have a great day!

[@shauncleary4506]

@@ApproachandDepartureVideos you too

[@tommyovesen]

Strange how the radar map on the taxi looked like scandinavia :) Great video

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

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

[@Bluem00n7]

Great video 🎉

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you 😁

[@tomfal6784]

Super Video! Samos von oben ist aber auch sehr beeindrucken. Muss ich gleich mal mit dem MSFS nachfliegen.😁

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Herzlichen Dank fürs tolle Feedback! Viel Spaß mit dem Simulator!

[@MECHANIC-VNA]

2:29 Does turning on wx radar affect headset man ?

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Good question. The picture you see on the navigation display is provided by the database of the ground proxymity warning system. Not from the radar. When we need the radar, we switch it on sometime after the pushback when the ground crew has left.

[@Draax1]

Amazing departure

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and your good feedback!

[@birdman4274]

Thanks for another great video. Pls forgive my questions. I wondered (without vectors etc) would the VNAV accurately handle the descent from T/D right down to the ILS approach altitude (if you dialled that in at T/D). I am interested how accurate the VNAV is in real Airbus. Thanks 👍👍

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for the good feedback! Yes, the vertical navigation of the Airbus works fine as long as you fly the preprogrammed routing, the idle performance factor is programmed correctly and the entered descent winds are close to the real winds. If the idle performance factor is wrong, you may need speed brakes or arrive to early at your bottom of descent.

[@birdman4274]

@@ApproachandDepartureVideos Thanks for real Airbus feedback.👍

[@devansh8846]

Windy takeoff. Nicely done👍🏻

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for your good feedback! Samos always provides changing winds. Sometimes the winds turn by 180 degrees along the runway.

[@pvdppvdp6638]

Nice when I will be there in a good 3 weeks time spotting the landing planes. When I see Eurowings I will imagine it's you flying.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and for sharing your travel plans! Have a nice vacation at Samos Island!

[@cagataysengun]

Natürlich, Perfekt 👍

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Vielen Dank!!!!

[@dutchflightsimpilot7447]

When did you captured this? I believe I saw you landing when I was on the beach and you flew over Ireon (visual city point)

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

For privacy protection, I do not release any flight dates or times. But the recording was done recently. I am sorry that I cannot give you a more specific answer. Have a great day!

[@deccarobbo1955]

Just wow !!!!!!!!!!!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you!!!!

[@LH1836]

Thanks for these amazing videos! Do you prefer to fly the A320 family with CFM or IAE engines?

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for the good feedback! I like the NEO engines most. They need less fuel, have way less emissions and a better performance than the classic CFM or IAE engines.

[@arthur5199]

Hi ! Amazing video as always. I was wondering if it was a requirement to speak German to work at Eurowings ? I find the Eurowings’ network just amazing and diversified and I would love to work with you :) !

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you so much for your kind feedback! The language requirements are usually published in the job offers. You can find them here: www.career.aero/eurowings As far as I know, Eurowings Germany requires a certain level of knowledge of the German language.

[@phil4475]

Hi capitain. I lire your changes on taxiway regarding performance. Safety fiesta. One question for u. Do you have to justify to your company ´s management when you use TOGA ? By the way your copilot seems to be so calm, hé should come from the army ! 😊

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

No, we do not have to justify when we use TOGA. The opposite is true: We are encouraged to use TOGA if we deem that it is the best solution for the situation. Safety has always the highest priority. And we never have to justify a safe operation.

[@seb_0711]

Love those Videos, hopefully you never retire!😅 Why was the pushback driver so eager to know the exact reason for the delay?

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and your great feedback! The ground crew has to send a delay message to the company. Before doing that, they shall speak with us to make sure that we agree to the delay reasons. This avoids a later dispute because the message is also transmitted to the airplane and we have to agree or dispute the reasons.

[@marty2704]

Is there no push-to-talk button for the Ground-Cockpit Communications? It seems that is an open mic. So as you said that you received the Load Sheet very late they COULD have heard it on the ground? :D

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

The ground crew is connected to the cockpit interphone. As long as the cockpit interphone is "hot", the groundcrew hears what we say in the cockpit. We can switch off the hot mike of the interphone and use a push to talk button instead. But you are correct, here the ground crew may have heard that the load sheet was very late. This is not a secret or so.

[@marty2704]

@@ApproachandDepartureVideos Danke für die ausführliche Erklärung!

[@Sjoram]

P.S. We've had a few of Eurowings aircraft over for paintwork here at EGMC! Sadly unlikely we'll see you here on any passenger flights, but be sure to grab a video if you ever happen to position one here please! 😁

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

If I will be scheduled on one of those flights, I will try to record a video! Have a good day!

[@dipchakraborty1017]

Ahhhh once a captain is always be a captain.....salute my captain sir❤❤❤....👨🏻‍✈️✈️🌎🙏🏻

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for your friendly words! All the best to you!

[@henrikolsen5]

Great departure ending with TOGA after multiple fast recalculations. Action packed, super professional as always, good communication and great views. What more to ask for? :). Is there a company policy for minimum stop margin, or is it all up to the captain (or PF?) to decide? Have you ever had to delay a departure because stop margin even at TOGA, packs off etc were too low?

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for the great feedback! The Airbus calculation is already very conservative. For example does it not take the full headwind into account. Also if we use a Flex temperature takeoff, there is an additional true airspeed effect which adds a margin. We can takeoff with no extra margin. But if there is a chance to get some extra margin, we usually try to achieve it with different flap settings, packs off or TOGA. The crew decides what they prefer. In Samos the winds are very variable from one moment to the next and also along the runway. So I try to get a good margin whenever possible. In Samos it was always possible to takeoff somehow without delay. Once we had to takeoff in the other direction, which is very rare.

[@samuelherlander6903]

Wonderful CRM and problem solving! Starting my type rating in January with EW! Hope to meet you some day! Could you confirm to margin of 245m? Thank you for your videos, i'm learning a lot from it, and it's becoming my daily routine ;) Good landings!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and your good feedback! I am looking forward meeting you in the cockpit! The calculated margin was about 245 meters. But this was calculated with the most unfavorable wind possible. So the real margin may have been a little more. I wish you all the best for your type rating training!

[@samuelherlander6903]

Exactly, that's what I thought, I was wondering because of the interference with the comms in the audio. I do have a question tho, if you could, why have you decided to depart with toga conf2 instead of flex config3? Because of the obstacles/climb perf with conf3 on the north? And was the margin very different with flex conf3 from toga conf2? Thank you so much sir

[@Julian-mo9dn]

what does „slot filed 1“ mean? Why do you get a min/max ASDA and Stop margin - which one do you choose? How do you determine if the stop margin is too low?

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching! Please provide a timetag. I do not know what “slot filed 1 is”. Maybe it is a misunderstanding. The performance program usually provides a V1 range. If we use the lowest V1, the ASD is the shortest. With the highest V1, the ASD is the longest. The advantage of the high V1 is the possibility of a late takeoff abort. The advantage of a low V1 is the additional margin in case of a takeoff abort. We could do a takeoff without a margin in the calculation. Even with no margin, we may not need the whole runway because the performance program has already some safety features included. Also a takeoff with a flex temperature will always provide an additional margin because of the true airspeed effect which is not taken into account during the calculation. The crew decides what the best option will be for every takeoff. Here the wind changed continuously and we calculated the performance with the most unfavorable wind out of the wind range provided by the tower.

[@Julian-mo9dn]

@@ApproachandDepartureVideos Hi! Thanks for the answer! Approximately at 3:15. And what is the true airspeed effect? Thanks a lot for taking the time to answer my questions!

[@roger0929]

@@Julian-mo9dn It was a change in the takeoff slot due to the slow loading and boarding.

[@Julian-mo9dn]

@@roger0929 But they get a 10 Minute extension but still push…

[@user-wf9sx8oi1r]

hello caption thanks for you video i want to know why this takeoff is open climb others video is clb mode why？？ i gus because no stander depature ？？ other video takeoff is CLB/NAV this video is OP CLB/HDG bay FMA

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

This takeoff was showing MAN TOGA. Most other takeoffs show MAN FLEX SRS RWY. TOGA is shown because of the full power takeoff. FLEX is shown if we do a reduced thrust takeoff. For RWY, you need a localizer transmitter at the takeoff runway. After the takeoff, we used the heading mode HDG. in heading mode, there is no managed CLB available. Only OPEN CLIMB because in HDG the flight management and guidance system is unable to adhere vertical constraints.

[@user-wf9sx8oi1r]

Thanks to the captain for his answer, I completely understood your answer@@ApproachandDepartureVideos

[@koreainsincere]

Everybody loves a TOGA!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Yes, TOGA is good. But the engines do not like it that much. So - whenever possible - we do a flex temperature takeoff.

[@tsi_mexx6580]

Very cool video! Always stunning to follow such a nice cockpit workflow 😎

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you so much for the kind feedback!

[@AndreaJobPicanello]

When you get to the end of the track and you want to turn backward, is it better to turn left or right? Or does it make no difference?

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Good question! In general, it both works. But it depends on who is steering the airplane. If the captain is steering the airplane, he or she will usually taxi back on the right half of the runway. Then the turn is done to the left and at the end another turn to the right during the lineup procedure. We are doing the 180 degree turn with the cockpit very close or depending on the with of the runway even over the edge of the runway.