Originally Posted by
TonyC
Three days of training are required for the MD-10 Differences, including a requirement to accomplish 3 Take-Offs and 3 Landings in the Simulator.
Why?
If I just finished my Type Rating in the MD-11 Simulator on Monday, and the MD-10 is a "Common Type", why do I have to do "3 & 3" in the MD-10 Sim on Friday?
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Tony do really have to ask that? Remember when the FPA was trying to fight the Common Type rating thing?
FedEx almost got the program 100% their way. If that had happend, a student would not even been required to get the 3 and 3.
FPA wasn't so much against the Common Type as it was with the FedEx training program and the scheduling. There were many at that time who thought the MD-10 should have been a separate Bid Pack(at least for the initial few years).....i.e. MD10 Domestic and MD-11 Intl.
You and I both know the Cockpits and A/C are pretty much the same........except start switches, throttle height, Thrust reverses, Flap handle and positions, Manual Pnuematic's on MD-10, APU start/stop procedures different, no tail-fuel managment MD-10, VIA's vs DEU's, no Fadec MD-10, No ice detection MD-10, Engine & performance of MD-10-10. Different Engines.a total of 4 different kinds, different limitiations and T/O & landing weights.
No auto brakes MD-10 (most of them) No carbon brakes MD-10 (except a few) NO brake Temp monitors MD-10 requiring write up on a Aborted take-off even if it was at 30 kts.........., an here's a oldie but goodie, different landing techniques. General performances with the automation, The MD-10 had a faster processor but often would not truely intercept prof decent profiles as well as MD-11 auto throttles are much better on Md-11........I know that I probably left out about another 80 or so things but other than that the aircraft are pretty much the same.......
