![]() ![]() The changed system architecture comes from A380 but with further refinements. A350 cockpit with the six displays where the outer house the OIS. These are for the Onboard Information System, OIS, displays which are displaying Electronic Flight Bag applications from stowed laptops.įigure 1. The most noticeable change from the A320/330/340 generation is that the cockpit now contains additional displays besides the usual line-up, Figure 1. To understand what has changed and if it is for the better or not, lets go through the changes and explain how it works in A350. In the A350 simulator before the flight it turned out most changes were natural and easy to comprehend. When starting reading it the reaction was “there is a lot to learn, quite a bit of systems are different”. To prepare for flying A350 we were sent a “A350-900 Flight Deck and Systems Briefing for Pilots”. On a first glance the differences between A320 and A380 cockpits are considerable. I was therefore a bit curious as to how much my training would be applicable. When flying the A350 I knew it had taken the cockpit philosophy from A380 rather than these two. These two are very similar and represent the first generation of Fly By Wire (FBW) aircraft from Airbus. In preparing for my A350 flight I learned how to interact with the aircraft’s systems in Airbus A320/A330 simulators. ![]()
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