Northwest Airbus A330-200 Cockpit

[aviator147]

will hopefully fly the A330 for Delta one day! :)

[orimai]

Do most pilots screw off like these?

[JetMechMA]

@jampilot25: It can be a tough road but nonetheless very rewarding still in many areas of the world.

JM: You're old enough to know better. You shouldn't promote criminal ventures like airlines. Aviation......ALL of aviation, NOT just airlines.....aviation is a wretched hive of scum and villiany. I've been in it for 30 years, I know. I've seen it all.

[JetMechMA]

@jampilot25 I still say that my advice to Castle is sound. I didn't tell him not to become a pilot, I said don't rely on aviation for his income (or her, whatever the case may be) Find something more rewarding to do, and then only come back to the airport for fun.

[JetMechMA]

@jampilot25 What about our nation's hero....our national hero...Capt Sullenberger? DIDN'T YOU SEE HIM TESTIFY BEFORE CONGRESS????????????????????? He is one of the people I'm refering to who had his pension stolen AND HE SAID SO ON LIVE NATIONAL TELEVISION. Wasn't anyone listening?????????????????????­?????????? he tried to inform the nation that our best and brightest in aviation are being victimized by criminal corporations. NOBODY CARES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JetMechMA]

@jampilot25 CRUSH THEIR HOPES AND DREAMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tens of thousands of good hard working people have had their hopes and dreams CRUSHED....KILLED....DESTROYED­. Oh my friend.....my God almighty in heaven above.....it's WAAAAY past the point of "keeping a stiff upper lip" and all that rot. When I say RUN....don't walk, RUN away from aviation, I'm trying to PREVENT somebody else from going through the HELL ON EARTH that I am curently living. I was MURDERED by criminal airlines. MURDER!

[JetMechMA]

"...I've experienced the ground air in the summer blowing warm air &in the winter blowing cold."

JM: Then there was simply something wrong with the external unit. It doesn't mean that the aircraft is ALWAYS stronger than all external units. Use your head man.

[JetMechMA]

JM: I have been an aircraft mechanic for over 30 years and I was trained on the A320 family, in 1997 at the Airbus factory training center.

[JetMechMA]

JM: Any Northwest pilots on here? How can you justify becomeing scabs and stabbing the mechanics in the back?

[JetMechMA]

mbandarra3: I only have 25 years of airline experience & just 13 yearswith Airbus,so just my opinion, what do I know.

JM: You don't have to be Airbus trained to know that ground systems are ALWAYS stronger than aircraft supplied systems. You should know this by now. Ground high pressure air. Aircraft wants 40 psi and external unit can be calibrated to give exactly 40 psi. You're LUCKY if the APU will deliver 35 psi. More likely it will be around 30 or so. Get real.

[JetMechMA]

mbandarra3: @JetMechMA Nope...The APU is vastly superior cooling & warming the airplane than external units...I've experienced the ground air in the summer blowing warm air &in the winter blowing cold. APU has the capibility of starting the aircraft, but not the weak little conditioning air on the ground.(You need seperate HP air carts for that.) I only have 25 years of airline experience & just 13 yearswith Airbus,so just my opinion, what do I know.

[b747a380an225]

Everyday I'm on this corner of A330-200. It's a pleasure when I push those buttons in the glareshield, center pedestal and overhead panels during aircraft pre-docking. It's great when I move the rudder using pedals, slats using side stick.

Not a great feeling when I disconnect every bondings and connectors at the back of lavatory bowls cause I work as aircraft technicians

[Hot5hots]

Alot of the Airbus is designed to reduce the workload of the pilot. for example, fewer lights, switches and buttons, let computers do that work. Thrust reverse control from the cockpit is done the same way as boeing. It will depend on the engine type whether compressed air or hydraulics are used.

GPU usage verses APU usage is usually down to money an noise. Airlines dont want to pay airports for the use of unessesary ground equipment. and airports get complaints about noise from the neighbors.

[BayHike]

QUICK QUESTION: I'm wondering; don't larger airports like airports in Tokyo have external air conditioners and ground power units to control the cabin temperature? I know the APU can handle a task like this but I'm just curious why you would prefer one method over another. (Or if that was not that case and you only had the APU) if using the external method would be better / worse. Thanks!

[cmjetzz]

@BayHike Most airports have regulations governing GPU usage....they dont let u use it for more than 15mins or so...

[mikalization]

how do you put airbus in reverse, like in a Boeing for example 737 they have reverse levers on the throttles in airbus a320 a330 a340 etc do they just continue to slide the throttles back pass idle

[Alwayzsmilin]

@mikalization they the similar reverse levers as Boeings. They just sit lower on the thrust levers so it's harded to see them.

[kaRanRoyaLjaNissaRy]

So many buttons ... So many screens !

WOW .. how do they manage the flight so easily!

[BayHike]

@kaRanRoyaLjaNissaRy Like the comment below, the airbus is actually very user friendly to the pilot and first officer (co-pilot) the systems are easily managed and you can easily browse through needed and critical information very quickly.

[JetMechMA]

Northwest pilots are all scabs who stabbed the mechanics in the back. Northwest Airlines ...now Delta, are all loathsome scabs. It's a scab airline. "When a scab comes down the street, men turn their backs, the angels weep in Heaven, and the devil shuts the gates of hell to keep him out." Jack London.

[eskercurve]

The one thing that I will give an Airbus plane in the cockpit there is more room. A few pilots I know have asked why Boeing continues to insist on using a yoke and wheel.

[virtualaircanada2458]

@wadders2010 And yet, I don't see you flying the A330. =]

[VNTO3]

Boeing is better

[sashman3988]

i like boeings better because they hav yoks unlike airbuses

[AirSimming]

@wadders2010 One more comment that shows that one can meet strange people on Youtube/in the internet all along.

Well, pilots with 30 years of experience in military and civil branches of aviation, do not write such things on Youtube which you did. Especially in this context, you don't even seem to know what's professional in an A330 cockpit and what not. But, you know who you are and why you need to express yourself that way on Youtube. At least here somebody pays attention to you.

[dargay]

I didn't like this video. Just camera roaming around with lots of clicking noises. Poor.

[mankok16]

Where is destination of this filght ?

[gryffindorhouse122]

@mankok16 tokyo.

[bontromium]

if your 14 ?? then 'like' be 'like' sure 'kinda like' grow the 'like' fuck up, and then a 'kinda like' grown up, might take some notice of you and answer some of your questions.. hope this helps in your junior entry into the real world. 'kinda' !

[ionutshowcase]

You're a pilot ?

[Confuzedd]

SO MANY buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons buttons

[JetMechMA]

@Confuzedd: SO MANY buttons buttons buttons

JM: The Airbus design is actually VERY user friendly. But you have to be patient. The computers are user friendly but VERY old. They work much slower than your current home computer. They take their time, so you have to wait for them to get it done...LOL

[636Castle]

APU for air pressure? Does the A330 not have the ability to use external air?

[mbandarra3]

@636Castle The APU (auxillary power unit) provides air for heating & cooling as well as electricity for the aircraft using a turbine engine located in the tail of the aircraft. On an plane the size of the a330 the APU is about the same size & output as a commuter aircraft turboprop engine. It's usually much better at keeping the aircraft comfortable, cooled & heated, than most external units.

[636Castle]

@mbandarra3 Yeah, I was just wondering why not request external air via interphone until you're getting an air source from the engines. I know they can't be on DC battery power, because they look like they're already entering a SID in the MCDU which is usually done way after getting AC power.

[PilotUTA]

@636Castle the a330 has the ability to use external air and was using it throughout this video. The first officer called operations and requested they remove the external air because it was not sufficient to cool the airplane. The apu bleed air is used for heating and cooling on the ground with engines off. the cabin is not pressurized on the ground, although the system bleed air belongs to is pressurization.

[636Castle]

@PilotUTA Thanks for helping me understand. So is external air not conditioned then? It still goes through the on-board packs right? It seems to me like externals should be designed to always be underloaded. I had no idea the APU could provide more than externals. Again, thanks sir.

[JetMechMA]

@636Castle Make no mistake about it, ALL external systems are stronger than aircraft systems. It's an aircraft, not a power plant. Is your house better than your camper? Same difference. External airconditioner beats the pants off of the aircraft systems.

[JetMechMA]

@636Castle Cooling air can be supplied externally in two ways, as mentioned by external cold air which enters the plenum chamber directly, bypassing the packs, OR.....high pressure air can be connected to the high pressure manifold.....which is a different connection, and the packs then run normally as if they were supplied by the airplane. And again, external air pressure beats the PANTS off of aircraft air pressure.

[636Castle]

@JetMechMA Cool, never knew there were different types of external air. I'm not even technically instrument rated yet even though I could fly heads down if I needed to :P, so I'm very inexperienced with ATP stuff especially when it comes to Airbus. I'm assuming by your name you're a mechanic?

[JetMechMA]

@636Castle: I'm assuming by your name you're a mechanic?

JM: Yes, I'm a mechanic but very out of practice since all the major airlines outsourced most of the work to low paid scab outfits. I hope you're not trying to become a pilot for the airlines...because aviation is the worst possible career you could possibly choose. Find something ELSE to do that will make you lots of money, and then get your kicks flying for fun. Good luck.

[636Castle]

@PilotUTA Just to clear something up, what I meant was I never knew the APU could give the aircraft better air conditioning and AC power compared to external power and air, since the air seems to go through the packs either way. Possibly though it'd be wise to use APU when nearing pushback time to get everything running under it's own power. I'll be sure to use the APU when conditioning my 'virtual' passengers rather than externals when I fly in the simulator, hehe.

[PilotUTA]

@636Castle A few things i want to explain: 1st the external air IS preconditioned and bypasses the packs and enters the mix manifold directly. It usually is sufficient for cooling for a while, but once the plane is loaded with 150 warm bodies, a stronger system is needed. enter the APU.

External air is almost always used because we like to keep the APU off as much as possible (it burns fuel = $), so usually when we pull up to the gate, and just before pushback, we are using APU power and air

[PilotUTA]

@PilotUTA in addition, when its time for pushback we dont want an air conditioning hose and electrical power cord connected to us, so we stay self sufficient via the APU.

[JetMechMA]

@PilotUTA: 1st the external air IS preconditioned and bypasses the packs and enters the mix manifold directly. It usually is sufficient for cooling for a while, but once the plane is loaded with 150 warm bodies, a stronger system is needed. enter the APU.

JM: Not really. If the external pre-conditrioned air is not stronger than the packs, then there is something wrong with the external system. The airplane is always weaker than ground supplied systems.

[totallyairplanecrazy]

@wadders2010 Just Because You See An American in Airbus doesnt mean they're automatically unprofessional

[MrStinkyfeets]

thumbs me up if thats your dream...

[totallyairplanecrazy]

I was thinking about becoming doctor or lawyer and going away from being a pilot.... this video reinspired me

[yournameiswrong]

Where you going to portland?

[doubleBdasher]

on fsx you just press "ctrl+e" lol

[Oster910]

@wadders2010 how so?

[flyboy83297]

im doing my pilot training in 3 years which will give me all my ratings incluting instrument and all that, but what will i need to have in ordewer to fly the a330 or something better, expirience? or a course for the exact plane?

thnx matey and happy flying

[123pilot4561]

@flyboy83297 you have to find a location that offers a330 training, or get hired at an airline that flies the 330, and if thats the airplane u fly, they have a rigorous training program for like 6-7 weeks and u go from there

[PilotUTA]

@flyboy83297 its called a type rating. every single airline pilot in the world is "type rated" for the aircraft [type] they fly. a type rating in a nut shell is basicly a license that says "i know how to fly this type of airplane"

[DKRaFiQ]

woah this is scaring me.. i wana be a pilot and thats a whole lotta buttons their pushing! xD xD i wonder what each button there does... o.O i know just some of em..

[leathermodelcuir]

@DKRaFiQ just fly on Flightsim and them buttons will seem like nothing after 3 months. you'll get to know them all just like you know what a keyboard does, same thing :)

[WwTKVwW]

@wadders2010 wo your a suckup

[andwat98]

@WwTKVwW lol did they actually say u mite b a terrorist

[WwTKVwW]

Lol when I asked to see the cockpit I was told to wait uintill we had landed, because I culd be a potential terrorist xD

[ChasenSFO]

It's a very tricky process if you want to look in the flight deck. You will need to first go to your local grocer and pick up some grapes. Bring them on board, and show them to the flight attendant. She'll lead you into the cockpit. You are to get on one knee, make no eye contact with the crew, and present the grapes. The first officer will put on gloves and hold a Katana to your throat. When the captain takes a bite, you may make eye contact. If you are not decapitated, you may then look around

[hitl3rtherapist]

im 14 and im gonna be riding in airbus a330-300 this summer can i go see the pilots cockpit or do i need like something?

[juxtapilot]

@hitl3rtherapist Absolutely. Before or after the flight ask a flight attendant or pilot if you can visit the cockpit.

[hargohargo]

@juxtapilot it depends i was on an aer lingus a330 going from dublin to new york back in 04 and i asked the stewardess if i could see the cockpit and she reacted as if i asked here for a blowjob, but then i was 28 at the time i suppose it would have been different if i was a teenager.

[TheFearlass]

@juxtapilot really wen i went in a 747 i asked for a tour and she gave me one butt i didnt get to go in the cockpit

[charlieiscool1000]

No u cant they banned it ever since 9/11 its almost impossbile to get into the cockpit they wont allow u the chances are very rare

[Rwy02]

@hitl3rtherapist Im 15 and i do it all the time

[marllusgandrud]

lol, see the pilots? No you cant, otherwise they will think you're a terrorist...lol

[gypsykingg]

@hitl3rtherapist unless you're muslim, then tsa will probably be called on you

[levygonz]

@hitl3rtherapist you need to personally know the pilot and before flight talk to him that u want to go to the cockpit because after the WTC visiting pilots is harder. the pilot has to advise the crew ur gonna get on the cockpit

[jw6592iscool]

the joys of the fmc great

[mbandarra3]

What's unprofessional about it wadders? They are just loading a flight plan and haven't even got to the preflight checks....it's not a funeral. By the way..the US major airlines have incredible saftey record...especially in international flight.

[solomonpilot767]

well nice vidio but,i wish if the AIR BUSES had a yoke!

[RickMakesGoodVideos]

So did i I would fly an airbus but its got a joystick the only airbus that had a yoke was the airbus a-300

[BusterBunker]

I don't know if it's 10,000 times more advanced, but the MD-11 is very advanced. It was and is an aircraft ahead of its time. Probably my favorite too.

[smow70]

LOLOL

[PilotNorthwest]

Hey I´m flying this bird for NWA ! :)

[Schlomothebest]

liar!

[finalcitrus]

really? I  think Im the only airtran pilot on youtube, whats your hub?

[ChasenSFO]

You want to be a pilot? My advice is simulate an overnight in a strange city. Travel to a strange city. Get dropped off at a random bar, then get tanked. If you somehow wake up in your hotel room that night, you're ready. If not, keep trying. Its a lot of money to spend on your ratings if you don't have the aptitude for the job.

[federalfsx]

It has joysticks on both sides. also it has like 3 or 4 backup systems!

[kenersej]

-True!

Airbus planes are propobly the most advanced planes TD.

[mister145]

airbus has joysticks on the left or the rigt side of the pilots

[folklus]

The captain's sidestick is on his left and the copilot's one is on the right.

[federalfsx]

So awesome. I LOVE the design on Airbus!!

[gansters212]

men i can agree with u

[jman831]

first off you need to be 17 to get you PPL(private pilots license) then you need your intraments license, follwed by your commercial license then finally your ATP license. no major airline with even consider highering you if you not over 21.  And get all those licenses, its gunna cost you upward of 30 grand, maybe more. im working on my commecial right now and im up to 27k, so it verys.

[gipper913]

As you can tell, spelling isn't a requirement.

*your; *instrument ; *hiring; *you're; *going to; commercial; *varies, and so forth....

[dalequarmby]

Couldn't agree more, good English is the key.

More like upwards of £60,000

[lorinser925]

Invest in a good English class.

[prostar2236]

Get motivated first.

[pilotanthony]

with a camera!

[dowling1981]

Trallagh til ye. When the the portentous ones fly their air prams?

[stealthbomberjacket]

looks like they are putting destinaton

plan for the plane

[Harvoco]

haha rofl lmao!!!

[ya13er]

I really adore this job and I think I can give it alot!

but because of my eye sight is low they don't accept me :((

Can you help me please

[RexBanner1980]

Not a lot you can do about this mate I'm afraid, its one of those bummers in life. How bad are your eyes? because laser surgery is always a possible option although if your eyesight is not good enough to begin with the CAA dont allow it.

[crazypilot123]

Yeah when you're 18 you should go get checked and see if you're suitable for Lasic eye surgery.

[ya13er]

are you a pilot?

[crazypilot123]

No but i want to be one and so i know all this kind of stuff... i'm starting training this year...

[FLIGHTCOMPANY]

All you need is glasses or eye surgery. Eye surgery is painless but costs alot. Remember, dont let things like that get into your way. What you have there is a goal and having bad eyesight doesn't mean anything. Good luck to you.

[XxXDELTAxFOXTROTXxX]

Let me get this straight...

If you don't have a 20/20 vision but have something close to that, you can still be a pilot with glasses or surgery?

If that's the case, that's one less worry for me...

[juxtapilot]

Correct, as long as your vision is correctable to 20/20 you can fly. Thats how it is in the states, and as far as I know it is the same everywhere else. Any eye surgery may disqualify you in europe or asia though...

[slaoui53]

It depends on the eye surgery but some eye surgeries in europe could disqualify a valid class one. Also for a JAA class one you cant have more than +3 , so even if you have corrected 20/20 there is a limit of how much correction you could use unlike the FAA, I know some guys who were granted FAA class one but couldnt get JAA class 2 so it really depends on where you wanna fly, even in the US even if you have class one some airlines might have more strict medical check.

JAA pilot

[rct3men11]

@juxtapilot ur right too!

[sioux0863]

if it is in the US, you can get cleared on your medical as long as you have 20/20 correctable

[fsx767]

what airport are you at?

[ladyshakit]

SAN FRANCISCO, ca

[fsx767]

cool

[AirDude1213]

haha

[uh0itsdapopo]

On Northwest the checked luggage policy for domestic is: each ticketed passenger is allowed one piece of checked luggage(coach) and on international flights on Northwest the policy is: each ticketed passenger is allowed two pieces of checked luggage(coach. I'm flying to St paul mineapolis(domestic) and then I'm flying to Amsterdam(international) and then Gothenburg, Sweden(international) on NWA/KLM, so I was wondering if I'm able to check 2 bags even though the first part of my trip is domestic?

[kslagerman]

ive always wondered.. what is the alphanumeric pad with the large screen that the pilot is typing on primarily used for? flight sims dont deal with that panel.

[Deltafan311]

well i have fs9 and wilco/feelthere airbus series vol2 and I use the MCDU to program my route to wherever im going

[ubrani12]

that was cool

[ipts5i]

Does anybody know what the "FAR point" is? The FO applauds the captain on putting it in and not forgetting on the MCDU like most pilots do.

[juxtapilot]

It's an Airbus term I believe. I think it has something to do with ACARS position reporting, where it may be automated with the Airbus FMS. I'll try to find out next time I'm on a 330.

[SWA1453]

This is one of the best cockpit videos ever, love to see the first officer and captain interacting

[NateD14]

you flying jump seat?

[JonathanL111]

All pilots that fly in captain seats hold the yoke with there left hand and the throttle with there right hand. Imagine a pilot with a left hand ont he throttle and the right hand on the control...Possible for F/O but not for Captain. After that if a terrorist get aboard its sure that they wont just crush the command stick and laugh after that...That would be really stupid!

[B753]

you all are so stupid, both types are fine, and in this day and age, hijackers prob won't get into the cockpit

[boyzzzboy]

I think that the joystick controller, in an Airbus, is alot more dangeorous, beacause, If the pilot is right handed, he has a problem. And if the plane gets hijaked, the hijakers can just take a hammer, and hit of the joystick. Compared to the normal controller, It's made out of solid steel, so the hijakers have a harder time breaking it away.

[rachern]

the joystick is equally solid as the yoke.

[duk309]

no terrorist wants to break the stick, he wants to push it down to the ground to crash it

[TennisChamp59]

I agree!

[lewisduncan93]

We don't want to know about hijackers, thanks.

[49nst]

Never mind. Just saw NW 6 goes to SIN.

[juxtapilot]

You were right, NW 6 goes to PDX. The flight originates in SIN with a stop in NRT then to PDX. Flight 5 originates in PDX, stops in NRT then continues to SIN.

[49nst]

Oh yeah, I forgot about the layover. Thanks

[49nst]

Since Flt. 5 operates from PDX to NRT, these guys are heading back to Portland, right?

[gio31brasil]

what is the thing that appear at 00:45 seg with black and yellows bars

[ds00kg]

ejector seat

[ds00kg]

ejector seat

[Firecharger31]

Taking a closer look... It says "Ldg Gear Safety Switch"

[gio31brasil]

thank you brother

[gio31brasil]

what is the thing that appear at 00:45 seg with black and yellows bars

[HanGookBoi]

gotta love LCD screens

[cdahrendt760]

wtf did he say at  0:02? lol

[mace41canuck]

yogods cause cars dont nose dive if you get into fog ...just pull over

[delacerdaa]

Do pilots actually know what everything is for in there

[yogods]

Why the pilots need to press too many buttons to drive an airplane???

Why the industry, can't develop a plane that can be managed as a car, introduces the key and drive easy!!! ??? Can you answer to me?

Thanks!

[transhuman7]

probably because an airplane has many computer systems which need to be reprogrammed for each flight. all modern planes use fly-by-wire systems. pilots only do half the job of flying. the computers do the rest. a car doesn't rely on computers like a plane does, so it's not as simple as turning the ignition and taking off.

[yogods]

Yes but is supose that we have the mind power to think, to create techonology.... I accept the compass, radar system, auto-pilot button, turbine buttons, pedals, etc. that util things, but, in this video you can see the left pilot pressing buttons, buttons, buttons and more buttons, to make actions that could be included with the airplane system automatically programmed an reprogramed (maybe using presets width one button).... What do you thing..??

[vadani93]

By pressing the buttons,he enters the flightplan into the computer of the Airbus.You live in Colombia.Imgaine,if you want to go from Bogota to Cali,you look the map,and probably you make a route,to drive.The captain does the same,but he has a bit longer route.The flight is from Tokyo to the USA,and there are many fix points to enter.When he has finished computing the flight plan,the autopilot can fly the route alone.Sorry for my English,I'm stil learning it,but I hope you understand what I mean.

[lekoman]

Each plane might fly thousands of different routes in its lifetime - potentially changing even between two destinations based on weather. Storing all of that potential route information on board the aircraft's computer systems would require more storage space than the computer has. Storage space - at least, as it is today - is heavy, and so it'd be a bit silly to haul a bunch of storage around with the plane just to make the pre-flight programming a one click process.

[vadani93]

I like the clicking sounds of the keys of the MCdU :) Nice one,I hope you enjoyed your visit in the cockpit :)

[HanGookBoi]

MCDU = FMC?

[jmr604]

Thanks for the jump seat view.. =)

[Nickdj86]

yeh great cockpit i worked at the airport at Amsterdam and did visit the cockpit alot...love the A330, also very spacious...who knows when i finish my pilot academy i might fly them!

[juxtapilot]

That would be pretty cool!

[Kaipeternicolas]

Such a nice cockpit. I love the AIRBUS LCD panel....

[user10fp]

are you piltong A330's for NW or are you flight attendant?

[juxtapilot]

I am not a NWA pilot

[TennisChamp59]

Where was it going to? Because I thought NWA takes 747's to Detroit or Minneapolis.

[juxtapilot]

This is NWA6 from Tokyo to Portland, Oregon. NWA does use the 747 for it's Tokyo - MSP, and Detroit routes.

[daji07]

I pilot this plane...in my dreamz

[zildjiandrummr12]

Is this at PDX?

[juxtapilot]

Nope, that's Tokyo-Narita

[alejandragagnon]

Awesome video!!!

[lewisduncan93]

awesome!