Birdbird · Training

Briefings

Brief a departure or an approach out loud, the way you will in the aircraft. You get today’s weather, the chart and the aircraft numbers. The AI instructor scores the structure, the numbers and how you deal with the threats.

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Chart reading

Reading an approach chart

Commercial approach charts share one layout: heading, briefing strip, plan view, profile view and minimums, always in the same places. This training chart follows that layout so you learn where to look on a real plate. The airport, procedure and numbers are fictional. Tap a number on the chart.

Scroll the chart sideways, or pinch to zoom.

Brief this chart opens the approach trainer with this procedure and today’s weather. The explanations use the ILS values.

Training chartFictional training chart, not for navigation. It is not a copy of any published chart and is not produced by or affiliated with any chart provider. In the aircraft, use only the current charts approved by your operator.
Method

How to brief an approach plate: TSADMM

Work through the plate from the top down, in the same order every time. Read the numbers off the chart, say them out loud, and set them as you go. A briefing takes about a minute. If it takes five, you are reading the chart to yourself instead of making a plan.

TSADMM: Threats, Setup, Arrival, Descent, Minimums, Missed approach. Threats come first so the rest of the briefing is built around them. What matters is that the order is fixed and that you end with the missed approach. Set the minima on the bug and the missed-approach altitude in the preselect while you brief them.
Reference

A320 speed card

Typical A320ceo values for training, rounded. On the line the FMS computes the speeds for the actual mass and configuration, and your operator’s FCOM and QRH always come first.

Mass

The aerodrome, procedures and charts are fictional and drawn for training. Not for navigation. A320 speeds and limits are typical teaching values, not FCOM data.