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[Stearmandriver]

Not sure if you mean an amber comparator flag on the PFD (meaning CA and FO altimeters do not agree), or the verbal "altimeter setting" alert...

[Stearmandriver]

It's possible you didn't hear a cabin altitude alarm because your cabin altitude had not yet exceeded the required threshold. Just because the auto mode...

[Stearmandriver]

Yep, I remember that accident. I feel like it's a little more understandable considering it was a depressurization scenario; time of useful consciousness...

[Stearmandriver]

The thing that always surprised me about this accident and similar occurrences is that you can feel a difference between a pressurized and unpressurized...

[Stearmandriver]

Uh.... STAR speeds are very definitely not "at or below" speeds, unless charted as "Max 240kts". If the speed is charted as "At...

[Stearmandriver]

Haha yep, those flap gates trip everyone up on their first flight in a transport aircraft. They probably told you, but the flaps 1 and flaps 15 gates...

[Stearmandriver]

Instead of hardware to operate aircraft systems, a voice recognition system is another option. I use Multi Crew Experience, but something along those...

[Stearmandriver]

Well, turns out that once the IRSs are aligned and before aircraft movement, Track displays 0. Learned something...
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[Stearmandriver]

I wonder what the IRS panel shows for track if the aircraft has not yet moved since the IRSs aligned? I'm on a trip now; when I get in the plane tomorrow...