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Cockpit 101 PDF
Cockpit 101 PDF
Abdullah Al-Helow
HOW TO USE
• This is an e-book that can be read through your normal document readers.
• On the next page press on any desired panel (overhead panel, instrument panel or
the pedestal), you will jump to your selected panel and then you can choose a sub
panel to reveal its information.
• To view additional information on the sub panel, click on the light, knob or switch.
• You may consider zooming to better choose a desired sub-panel
• For easier navigation use to go back, for main panel and for more
information
Press on any Panel
RAIN EMOVAL PANEL
(1) WIPER rotary selector
• Each rotary selector controls its wiper at low speed, high
speed, or intermittent sweeping .
• When turned off, the wiper stops out of view.
Pressed (and held) : COCKPIT CALL lights up blue on the external power panel in the nose L/G bay.
• An external horn sounds.
Released : COCKPIT CALL remains lighted.
• The ground mechanic can extinguish it by pressing the RESET button on the external power panel. The external
horn stops sounding.
CABIN CALL SYSTEM
When pressed, the following aural and visual alerts will trigger in the cabin:
‐ Two lights come on in pink on the related area of the CALLS panel, as applicable.
‐ On the Attendant Indication Panel (AIP), the “CAPTAIN CALL” message appears and a light comes on in
green.
‐ A high-low chime sounds in the related section of the cabin, as applicable.
CABIN CALL SYSTEM
When pressed, the following aural and visual alerts will trigger in the cabin:
‐ Two pink lights flash on all area call panels.
‐ The “EMERGENCY CALL” message appears on all AIPs.
‐ A high-low chime sounds three times, on all of the loudspeakers.
Depending on aircraft configuration, on the cockpit CALLS panel, the white ON light and the amber CALL light come on.
The following aural and visual alerts will trigger in the cockpit, when an emergency call is made from
the cabin to the cockpit:
‐ On the EMER pb-sw: The amber CALL light flashes.
‐ The ATT lights will flash on all Audio Control Panels (ACPs).
‐ Three buzzers will sound consecutively (for approx. three seconds each).
The cabin call system will reset, when the cabin crewmember hangs up the handset.
FIXED OXYGEN SYSTEM FOR COCKPIT AND CABIN
CABIN COCKPIT
• On : The valve is open and supplies low pressure oxygen to the masks (normal position inflight).
• OFF: The valve is closed, and the white light comes on.
FIXED OXYGEN SYSTEM FOR CABIN
MASK MAN ON pb
The guard keeps this button in the AUTO position.
AUTO : The mask doors open automatically, when the cabin altitude exceeds 14 000 ft, or 16 000 ft if
the HI ALT LANDING pb-sw is set to ON.
It is energized automatically :
‐ on the ground during the first 5 min after the aircraft electrical network is energized
‐ on the ground with one engine running
‐ in flight
On the ground, it is stopped automatically 5 min after the last engine shutdown provided the CVR jack is not
used.
On the ground, the crew can energize the CVR,DFDR, AND QAR manually by pressing the GND CTL
pushbutton.
After engine start, the ON light goes off and the recorders automatically operate.
Note: The GND CTL pb-sw may revert to AUTO (active or inactive, according to the logic) during an electrical
transient.
CVR ERASE PB
When pressed for 2 s, the CVR ERASE function erases the CVR full recording, if:
This activates the test, if the CVR is on (the GND CTL pb-sw pressed, or during the first 5 min after
energization of the aircraft electrical network), and the parking brake is on.
GPWS CONTROL PANEL
OFF : Inhibits the Terrain Awareness Display (TAD) and Terrain Clearance Floor (TCF) modes, and does
not affect the basic GPWS mode 1 to 5. If OFF is selected the ECAM caution NAV GPWS TERR DET FAULT
is displayed.
FAULT light : This amber light comes on, along with an ECAM caution, if the TAD or TCF mode fails. The
terrain is not shown on the ND. The basic GPWS mode 1 to mode 5 are still operative if the SYS
pushbutton OFF or FAULT lights are not illuminated.
TAD & TCF
TERRAIN AWARENESS AND DISPLAY
The Terrain Awareness and Display (TAD) function computes a caution and a warning envelope in front of the aircraft, depending on
the aircraft altitude, the nearest runway altitude, the distance to the nearest runway threshold, the ground speed, and the turn rate.
When the boundary of these envelopes conflicts with the terrain, or with an obstacle memorized in the database, the system generates
the relevant alert. (Warning: TERRAIN AHEAD, PULL UP, OBSTACLE AHEAD, PULL UP) (Caution: TERRAIN AHEAD, OBSTACLE AHEAD)
Note:
1. When TERR pb-sw ON ND is selected, the weather radar image is not displayed.
2. The Geometric Altitude function can protect against certain BARO setting errors, provided the components used to compute the
Geometric Altitude are valid and accurate enough.
3. The TAD and Terrain Clearance Floor (TCF) functions operate using the pure lateral GPS position and, the FMS1 position as backup.
If the crew identifies that navigation accuracy is low, it must set the enhanced modes to off, via the TERR pb-sw. The 5 GPWS modes remain
active.
SYS PUSHBUTTON
"SINK RATE, SINK RATE" "TERRAIN, TERRAIN" "DON'T SINK, DON'T SINK" "GLIDESLOPE'"
"PULL UP" "PULL UP"
G / S MODE PUSHBUTTON
ON : Flap mode is inhibited when FLAPS CONF 3 is selected (to avoid nuisance warning in case of
landing in CONF 3).
In this case, LDG MEMO displays "FLAPS ... 3" instead of “CONF ... FULL”.
CVR ERASE PB
When pressed for 2 s, the CVR ERASE function erases the CVR full recording, if: