Wizz Air Pilot Recruitment

Flight Operations Department

Revision #11, February 2018

CANDIDATE’S GUIDE
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Content of the guide

- Introduction

- General knowledge about the assessment, schedule of programme

- Logistic regarding your participation, travelling, accommodation

- Appendix 1: Relevant documents

- Appendix 2: Simulator emergency briefing

- Appendix 3: Brief intro A320

Introduction

Dear candidate,

Congratulations on your positive-evaluated application. You have taken the first, important
step in the process of joining Wizz Air as a pilot.

However, your application is just the start of the assessment process. Over the next few
weeks, you will participate in the more thorough, detailed part, also referred to as the
“Interview & Simulator Assessment”.

Wizz Air wants its candidate-pilots to be well prepared for this assessment, and so this
“Guide for Candidates” has been put together. This guide is an aid to the assessment-days,
as well as Wizz Air’s expectations from you at this stage, in becoming a future member of
the Wizz Air pilot community.

This guide will give you all the information we consider important for you to be best
prepared. In case you are left with unanswered questions, the recruitment team will answer
your questions during the initial briefing on day 1 of the Interview & Simulator Assessment.

For the latest, detailed logistic issues (location, reporting time, etc) regarding the Interview
& Simulator Assessment, we would like to refer to the email you will receive from your Wizz
Air contact person.

The Wizz Air Recruitment Team wishes to emphasise that every candidate will be assessed in
an equal way. Therefore, the outcome of your assessment will be the result of an object
process.

We are looking forward meeting you,

Your Recruitment Team

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Pilot Assessment – Program
The Pilot Assessment in Wizz Air is a face-to-face evaluation of you as a candidate-pilot. To
practically coordinate this evaluation, there is a 2-day plan.

DAY 1: Welcome introduction, HR group exercises, interviews

Location: Wizz Air Simulator and Training Centre (see page 10 for map)
Arrival time: 07:30-07:45LT
Starting time: 08:00LT
Dress Code: Business

Please arrive on time, while kindly note that our Simulator and Training Center opens at 7:30
for public. You will receive a visitor pass upon your arrival, this pass must be returned at the
end of the day. The building belongs to Flight Simulation Company (FSC) and houses many
delicate equipment, thus please stay at the lobby until invited to participate.

Planning for STAGE1

08:00LT: Welcome introduction

Presentation about Terms and Conditions of Wizz Air employment. Details of
operations, working schedule, salaries, differences between bases, etc. During
or after the presentation, you will be invited to ask questions or clarify any
uncertainty you may have.

09:00LT: Break

09:30LT: Written technical exam & documentation check

All candidates must undergo a technical exam. This consists of 60 multi-choice
technical questions, and 10 long hand written HR questions. The exams are
different with regard to whether you are type rated or non-type rated.
Subjects to prepare include knowledge of Wizz Air, problem solving and
mathematics, ATPL theory, and for type rated candidates, A320 knowledge.

DOCUMENTATION CHECK
During the written exam your recruitment committee will do your
documentation check, thus you are required to bring ALL your originals such
logbook (ALL LOGBOOKS), Flight Crew Licence, Medical Licence, certificates
(ATPL, JOC, MCC if relevant).

11:00LT: HR Group Exercises

All candidates will take an HR group exercise. Here we are looking at you as a
person, your attitude, character and interaction will all be assessed.
We are offering positions in a Multi Crew Operation, thus it is of your
importance to show us that you can find your way in our International Multi
Crew Environment in a balanced way during this exercise.

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12:30LT: Break, lunch-time

There are no restaurants for guests close to our Training and Simulator Centre
as it is on the outskirt of the airport and all available building are restricted for
ID holders only. Please prepare yourself for a lunch at the Hotel or Market
Central Vecsés. You can order your shuttle bus to pick you up at 13 or take
public transportation running every 10-15 minutes at the main street.
There are vending machines in the lobby as well.

Planning for STAGE2

In case you were successful during STAGE1 activities, some of you will be invited for STAGE2
right away, with individual interviews in the afternoon. The rest will be invited for day 2.

14:00LT: Interviews

HR Interview
Planned per candidate, face-to-face meeting with a HR recruitment member.
Areas of assessment:
-Education
-Interest in Wizz Air
-Personal goals
-Aspects of work experience
-Career expectations
-Career aspirations
-Evaluation of success
-Examples of team work
-Examples of conflict and conflict resolution

Technical interview
Planned per candidate, face-to-face meeting with recruitment team members.

Areas of assessment includes:

-ATPL theory subjects
-EU-OPS Flight and Fuel planning/monitoring
-ICAO PANS-OPS procedures
-Aircraft performance
-Abnormal/Emergency procedures – Situation management
-Failure management
-Decision-making
-Resource and time management
-Aspects of CRM
-Aircraft type knowledge
-Low Visibility Operations
The level and contents of your assessment will be adjusted to your level of
experience and the position for which you are applying.

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Based on observation it is of high importance to:
- Arrive prepared.
- Not just know, but to understand the subject
- To be able to present it. (Presentation skills in English)
- Assessment of a situation before making a decision
- Representing yourself with a balanced self-esteem

19:00LT: You should finish around this time at the latest.

Result of DAY 1

At the end of DAY 1, the overall outcome of the assessments will be made, and you will be
contacted by email with the result. No feedback will be given. You should receive the email
by 20:00 LT at the latest. If you do not receive an email, please contact
pilotrecruitment@wizzair.com, and an email will be re-sent. Before sending a letter, please
ensure your mailbox has not filtered the email as junk, and sent it to your junk box.

When assessed positive:

If you are assessed positive in overall, you will be invited for STAGE2 and/or STAGE3 on
DAY2. This e-mail will include your individual schedule of DAY 2.

When assessed negative:

If you are evaluated negative, this will be the end of your assessment. There will be no
feedback of the assessments, and the Recruitment Team reserves the right not to share any
details about the process. You will not be invited for the next stage of assessment. In case a
candidate wishes to re-apply with Wizz Air, he/she will receive an email, within a reasonable
time after the assessment, with more details.

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DAY 2: Interviews & Simulator Assessment

Location: Wizz Air Simulator and Training Centre (see below for map)
Arrival time: Will be given in message
Meeting time: Will be given in message
Dress Code: Business

Schedule
The email with the positive result from DAY 1 should also include time schedule.

From 8:00LT: Interviews

For those who passed STAGE1, but due to planning purposes, they are
requested to do the individual interviews on Day 2. Please see detailed info on
interviews above.

Please arrive on time, while kindly note that our Simulator and Training Centre opens at 7:30
for public. You will receive a visitor pass upon your arrival, this pass must be returned at the
end of the day. The building belongs to Flight Simulation Company (FSC) and houses many
delicate equipment, thus please stay at the lobby until invited to participate.

From 14:00LT Simulator evaluation

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Most of you did not fly an Airbus A320 before and specially coming from a piston
aeroplane this is a huge step. Thus, preparation is expected from you. There is a
huge amount of information presented on the instrument panel, which you have to
be familiar with to perform well.

Simulator briefing
Planned as 1 group with all candidates. You will receive a 30 minute detailed briefing of what
to expect and what will be assessed. This briefing will differ slightly between candidates with
or without Airbus Fly-By-Wire experience.

The briefing will focus mainly on candidates without experience, including the cockpit
layout, pitch-thrust settings, how to get safely airborne in an A320 environment, etc. This
briefing does not aim to teach you how to fly the A320. It is intended to give you enough
information to let you fly the aircraft on a basic scale, enough to be assessed. For the
candidates with experience, this might be a good moment to refresh your knowledge.

For more info, see Appendix 2 and Appendix 3, attached at the end of this guide.

Slot allocation
Every candidate will be paired up with another candidate for the simulator assessment. We
aim to put 2 candidates together with equal flying experience. Each pair of candidates will
be allocated a timeframe in which they should be available at a predefined location. Within
this timeframe, your simulator assessment is planned. Again, this might create a gap of an
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hour or 2 between the end of the simulator briefing (see below) and your simulator
assessment.

Simulator assessment
Planned per pair of candidates.
Duration: 30 min PF and 30 min PNF per candidate. (1 hour per pair)

Candidates without Airbus Fly-By-Wire experience:

You will be assessed without technical malfunctions. It will include elements of general
handling, energy management, pitch-thrust flying, crew-cooperation and synergy with
heavy-workload scenarios. During this assessment we will be looking especially at a sound
learning curve and improvement to adapt to a glass cockpit and fly-by-wire environment.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Instrument scanning, MCC and Pilot Flying commands are of primary source of assessment.
Flying an aeroplane is one thing and managing an instrument flight as a Pilot Flying is a
different thing.

Candidates with Airbus Fly-By-Wire experience:

You will be assessed to Licence Skill Test standards and this will include elements of
Abnormal and Emergency management, ECAM discipline, Human-Hardware interfacing and
solid crew cooperation built around Airbus SOP’s and philosophy.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Preparation is of high importance as ECAM discipline is a foundation of the assessment as
proper call outs and steps of managing ECAM will play a major part.
Your manual flying will also be assessed to see your instrument scanning.

Upon finishing your simulator assessment, you are released to return home or your hotel.
You will not be informed about the outcome of the assessment. Within reasonable time, you
will receive an email stating the outcome of the simulator assessment and how to continue.

Result

When assessed positive:

Within reasonable time after your screening, you will be informed about your overall result.
There will be no feedback of the assessments, and the Recruitment Team reserves the right
not to share any details about the examination and group exercises. In an e-mail we will
notify you about the further steps of becoming a Wizz pilot.

When assessed negative:

If you are evaluated negative, this will be the end of your assessment. There will be no
feedback of the assessments, and the Recruitment Team reserves the right not to share any
details about the examination and group exercises. In case a candidate wishes to re-apply

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with Wizz Air, he/she will receive an email, within a reasonable time after the assessment,
with more details.

In case you had the Simulator Assessment in the afternoon, you are released to return home
or your hotel. You will not be informed about the outcome of the assessment right after the
Simulator Assessment. Within reasonable time, you will receive an email stating the
outcome of the simulator assessment with the final result and how to continue if successful.

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Logistic information

Confirm Participation
Send a confirmation letter to pilotrecruitment@wizzair.com

Please be aware the Assessment event can get full capacity, we recommend you to confirm
the earliest possible.

When sending this e-mail you are required to attach the following files:
- Pilot Data Sheet (excel format)
- Passport, photo page (scan or photo)
- Flight licence (scan or photo)
- Medical (scan or photo)

- Travelling request (see below)

Please bring your all original documentation to the assessment (see details in Appendix 1).

Travel
We will be happy to provide you flight tickets with Wizz Air to Budapest and to home at no
costs if you request, only through WZZ network. Please check the route map and
connectivity at www.wizzair.com

In order to have your airplane ticket please mention your request when sending the
confirmation letter. You are required to select exact flights. Please send the dates, origin
airport, and destination airport and flight numbers. When you send the travel request please
plan your way to home as well.

In case of you would finish on DAY 1 or DAY 2, tickets to home can be changed but there is
no possibility to request new tickets during the assessment.

Accommodation
No booking/accommodation provided by Wizz Air, this is up to the candidate to arrange.

Visitor card
You will receive a temporary pass upon arrival to your assessment. This pass must be
returned at the end of the day.

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Address
Wizz Air Simulator and Training Centre
BUD International Airport 17/A
H-1185
Budapest
Hungary

E-mail: pilotrecruitment@wizzair.com (preferred)

Phone: +36-1/398-6591

Map

Parking
If you would arrive with your personal car, there is a parking spot next to Terminal 1 which
the candidates are allowed to use (if you stand in front of building, to the right side). The
parking rate is 500 HUF/day.

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Appendix 1: Relevant documents

As you are invited for the upcoming Pilot Recruitment Interview session, we need to be sure
that you fulfil all requirements, including all necessary documentation.

When sending your confirmation e-mail you are required to attach the following files:
- Your completed Pilot Data Sheet (.xls or .xlsx format)
- Scan of your passport on photo page (.jpg or .pdf format)
- Scan of your flight licence (.jpg or .pdf format)
- Scan of your medical (.jpg or .pdf format)

You are required to bring all original relevant documents to the pilot assessment session:
- Logbook
o Bring all your logbook.
o For electronical logbook: Either print out the entire log book or ensure you
have the means to display the full content at the interview)
- Passport or ID card
- Your pilot licence
- Your medical
- Required additional certificates (ATPL, MCC, JOC) if applicable

If you consider other documents relevant, bring them as well.

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Appendix 2: Simulator emergency briefing

General safety

1) Wear your seat belts and shoulder harnesses at all times, if operating on motion.

2) A fire extinguisher is mounted on the side wall adjacent to the instructor’s seat!

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3) Attention: A dummy fire extinguisher is located next to F/O seat, for training
purposes ONLY!

4) 2 emergency push buttons are located at the instructor station. When pushed one
will de-activate the motion system and the other will disconnect all electrical power.

5) There is also 1 emergency switch on the pedestal which allows the pilots to
disconnect the motion system.

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6) It is not allowed to smoke inside the simulator nor to bring beverages or food into
the simulator.
7) The use of mobile telephones inside the simulator hall is not allowed
8) Please do not put anything on the glareshield as this may cause damage to the visual
system.
9) Lights may be hot – please be careful when touching any
10) Please dispose of waste exclusively in the waste bin

Simulator emergency evacuation

1) The emergency procedure must be directed and controlled by the instructor.

2) If no danger exists the instructor will contact the operator for assistance by
telephone.
3) If danger exists the instructor will co-ordinate the evacuation of the simulator.
He/she will advise the crew when to leave the seats and when to leave the simulator.
4) If the access ramp should not lower in emergency, the escape ladder must be used.
5) When leaving the simulator an emergency escape ladder is found on the left. Pulling
the latch releases the ladder

6) Deploy the escape ladder and climb down sideways

7) The instructor will go first and will act as safety supervisor holding the escape ladder
straight.

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Building evacuation

1) In case of fire or another danger necessitating the evacuation of the building

trainees and other guests in the building will follow the instruction from the
instructor(s) and/or other FSC personnel
2) Escape routes in the simulator hall have been marked by means of luminous
emergency exits sign pointing towards the exit(s)

3) Main and emergency exit have been marked by means of lighted EXIT signs above
the doors.

4) After leaving the building, trainees, other guests and FSC personnel will assemble in
the parking area in front of the building. The instructor(s) will perform a headcount.

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Appendix 3: Brief intro A320
Candidates who never flew an Airbus Fly-By-Wire aircraft may get overwhelmed or
overloaded with visual/aural inputs during their simulator assessment, not focusing on the
aim of the assessment. To help these candidates become a little more familiar with the A320
cockpit environment, this appendix will:
- familiarize you with the cockpit environment and instrument displays
- explain step by step how to get safely airborne.
- explain how to fly pitch/thrust
- clarify the PF/PNF roles
A good familiarization will give you mental space to focus on the assessment instructions.

1. The A320 cockpit and instrument displays

1.1 Overall view
FCU E/WD

PFD
L/G lever

Thrust levers

Flap lever

Parking Brake handle

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1.2 Detailed view:

PFD (Primary Flight Display)

Altitude tape

Speedtape
actual altitude

actual speed
(yellow line)
actual (V/S:100)

actual pitch
(yellow/black square) V/S scale

actual heading Heading tape

(yellow line)

Each pilot has experience with flying analogue instruments where speed, alt, heading and
horizon instruments are configured in a T-model. The A320 PFD screen is similar, which helps
you screening your flight parameters.

FCU (Flight Control Display)

Target speed Target heading Target Alt/FL

Note:
-to select speed or heading: first pull the knob, then turn.
-to select Alt/FL: first turn the knob, then pull.

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E/WD (Engine/Warning Display)

For the simulator assessment, you will be given pitch/thrust settings. The thrust setting will
be based on the N1 parameter of the engine.

Actual N1
indication
(in this example N1 is
7%)

L/G Lever Parking Brake Handle

Handle needs to be pulled and turned.

OFF: parking brake is released.
ON: parking brake is set.

Lever needs to be pulled

towards you before
selecting UP/DOWN.

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Thrust levers

TOGA Detent

FLX/MCT Detent Auto-thrust disconnect

pushbutton
(red button)
Climb Detent

Forward thrust range

Levers
Forward Idle

Reverse thrust range

Flap lever

The flap lever has 2 parts: the upper part is vertically

fixed, the lower part can be pulled up towards the
fixed part. When the lower part is released, the flap
lever is locked in its present position. To unlock the
lever, the lower part has to be pulled, then another
lever position can be selected.

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2. Take off
2.1 Vertical Take-off profile

4- 1000ft below
target altitude

5- Target
2- Rotate altitude

1- Brake
release 3- Thrust reduction
/Acceleration altitude

2.2 PF/PNF actions and callouts

PF PNF
1 - Brake release
-release parking brake
-set thrust levers in the FLX/MCT detent
NOTE: when setting/passing the levers in a detent,
you’ll hear a mechanical click. To set the levers in the
FLX/MCT detent, you need to hear 2 clicks; 1st click
when passing the CLB detent, 2nd click when setting
them in the FLX/MCT detent)
-announce “Take off”
-when passing 100kts, announce “one hundred”

-check the speed on your speed tape, when check is

positive, announce “check”
-when passing V1, announce “V1”
-when passing VR, announce “rotate”
2 - Rotate
-gently pull back the sidestick to pitch up the nose.
Aim for 17.5° pitch up.
NOTE: it should take approx. 6 seconds to pitch the
nose from 0° to 17.5° UP. Avoid the tendency to pitch
too fast.
-check that Alt and V/S are increasing, then announce
“positive climb”
-announce “gear up”
-when landing gear is retracted, announce “gear up”
-in the meantime, the speed has increased. The
target speed is V2+10kts. Adjust the pitch to maintain
this speed.
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NOTE: V1, VR and V2 are indicated at the speed tape with specific symbols and colours.
During the rotation phase, the speed tape looks approximately as follows:

V2: magenta triangle

Vr: blue circle (donut)

V1: blue line and index.

Actual speed: yellow line

PF PNF
3 – Thrust reduction/Acceleration altitude
-THR RED/ACC alt is 1500ft AAL. When passing this
alt, lower the nose to 10° UP. When the speed starts
increasing, bring back the thrust levers to the CLB
detent. You’ll hear 1 mechanical click.
-Due to the aircraft’s philosophy, the auto thrust will
not activate.
-when actual speed becomes higher than the ‘S’-
speed, announce “FLAPS ZERO”
NOTE: The ‘S’-speed is indicated in the speed tape
with a green line and letter ‘S’
-select flaps zero.
-let the aircraft accelerate to 250kts. When reaching
250kts, adjust the pitch to maintain this speed.
4 - 1000ft below target altitude
-when reaching this altitude, slowly bring back the
thrust levers out of the CLB detent and reduce the
vertical speed. For the last 1000ft below target
altitude, fly 250kts and climb at about 1000ft/min.
When passing 1000ft below target alt, PF announces “ONE THOUSAND to go”. If he misses this call, PNF
announces “ONE THOUSAND to go”. Whoever calls this altitude, the other pilot checks the speed and
announces “CHECK”.
5 - Target altitude
-when approaching the target altitude, lower the
nose to 2.5° UP and reduce N1 to 54%. When flying
level and the speed it too high/low, make small thrust
adjustments and give time to the engines to spool up.
Accelerate/decelerate towards your target speed.

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3. Flying an ILS
3.1 Lateral Profile

Below you find the lateral profile of a stabilized ILS. Here, the word “stabilized” means to be
fully configured before descending along the glide slope.

L/G down FAP

Flaps 3 &
Flaps FULL

Flaps 2

Flaps 1
3.2 Pitch/Thrust

Configuring the aircraft should be planned at level flight. To control the aircrafts attitude and
speed, the table below summarizes the pitch/thrust to apply and fly the corresponding
speed. The pitch/thrust values give you roughly an idea what to aim for. However, you might
need to add/remove some ° or %.

Flaps Minimum speed Symbol on the speed Pitch/Thrust N1 Location

tape (level flight)
0 Green dot Green circle 5,5°/52% End of downwind
1 S-speed Green letter “S” 7,5°/54% Begin of base leg
2 F-speed Green letter “F” 9°/ 58% End of base leg
L/G down 2 Nm before FAP
3 F-speed Green letter “F” 7,5°/63% 1 Nm before FAP
FULL Approach speed Magenta triangle 5°/67%
(Vapp)

When approaching the glide slope (0.2 Nm before FAP) reduce the thrust to 53% and then
reduce the pitch to 2,5° UP. This should establish you on the glide slope with a V/S of 600-
700 ft/min.

3.3 PFD symbols.

G/S & LOC deviation bars
The ILS deviation bars can be selected on the PFD. On the drawing below, the bars are
indicated by the red squares: the one below the horizon is the LOC deviation bar, the one on
the right of the horizon is the G/S deviation bar. The LOC and G/S signals are the magenta
diamonds on their respective bars. The magenta diamonds indicate were the location of LOC
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and G/S is relative to the aircrafts location. E.g., if the LOC magenta diamond start drifting to
the left of the bars centre, the aircrafts drifts away to the right of the LOC position.

Speed tape symbols

S-speed
Max speed current flap (Vfe)

Max speed for lower flap (Vfe

next). Actual speed has to be lower
than this speed before selecting a lower
flap setting.

F-speed

Green dot speed V app

3.4 PF/PNF Actions and Callouts

PF PNF
-apply pitch/thrust setting to obtain Green dot speed.
At Green dot speed
-at Green dot speed, announce “FLAP 1”
-select FLAP 1. After crosschecking the flap position
on the E/WD, announce “FLAP 1”
-apply pitch/thrust setting to obtain S-speed.
At S speed
-at S speed, announce “FLAP 2”
-select FLAP 2. After crosschecking the flap position
on the E/WD, announce “FLAP 2”
-apply pitch/thrust setting to obtain F-speed (Flap 2).

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PF PNF
At F speed
-when established on LOC and at 2Nm from FAP,
announce “GEAR DOWN”. Increase a bit of thrust to
counteract the L/G drag.
-select L/G down. When the L/G is fully extended,
announce “GEAR DOWN”.
- at 1 Nm from FAP, announce “FLAP 3”.
-select FLAP 3. After crosschecking the flap position
on the E/WD, announce “FLAP 3”
-apply pitch/thrust setting to obtain F-speed (Flap 3).
-when PNF announces “FLAP 3”, announce “FLAP
FULL”
-select FLAP FULL. After crosschecking the flap
position on the E/WD, announce “FLAP FULL”
-apply pitch/thrust setting to obtain Vapp (level
flight).
Upon G/S interception
-at 0.2 Nm from FAP, apply pitch/thrust setting to
obtain Vapp (G/S).

4. Flying an Airbus Fly-By-Wire aircraft.

Sidestick input.
To pitch and roll the A320, each pilot has a sidestick to control the manoeuvres. Each
sidestick can be moved independently from the other one. To control a manoeuvre e.g. 20°
bank, a pilot banks the aircraft via its sidestick. Once the aircraft banks 20°, the pilot releases
the sidestick. The aircraft will keep its set bank angle. The same applies for pitch settings.
This philosophy is valid up to a bank angle of 33° L/R. If, during the assessment, you are
asked to applied bank angles >33° L/R, you will need to keep the sidestick input. If your bank
angle is >33° L/R and you release the sidestick, the aircraft will decrease its bank angle to 33°
L/R automatically. This is part of the envelope protection.

Rudder input.
When banking the A320, rudder input by the pilot is not required. To achieve a coordinated
turn, a computer will calculate and control the rudder.

Trim input.
The A320 is equipped with a stabilizer auto-trim function. There is no requirement for the
pilot to change the trim.
When a pilot wants to bank the aircraft e.g. to the left, he only needs push the sidestick to
the left. Pitch adjustment to counteract the reduced relative lift vector (loss of altitude)
during a turn is not required, the aircraft’s computers will do that for you.

Aircraft and engines inertia.

Because of the size of the aircraft and its engines, the aircraft has a rather big inertia.
Therefore, it will take a moment to see the outcome of your sidestick and thrust correction.
A good method to fly the A320 is to give small inputs, wait a moment and see what the
outcome of your inputs is.

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