Prepare for an airline A320 recruitment check in the simulator: hand-flown on raw data, as pilot flying and as pilot monitoring.
The four instrument-flying principles the airline evaluates, then the crew and aircraft skills behind them.
Select a manoeuvre to see its targets, technique and typical errors.
Goal, typical targets, technique, tolerances and common errors for each manoeuvre.
Choose a configuration and a phase to see the approximate attitude, N1 and speed band for an A320 of about 60 t at low altitude. Typical training values only.
Level at 3000 ft on vectors, 15 NM out, glide path intercept at about 9.4 NM. Place each flap step and the gear, and see whether you stay inside the limits and are stable at 1000 ft.
Thrust is at idle until the speed reaches the target for the configuration. Limit speeds are common A320 placard values; target speeds are typical for about 60 t; the deceleration is a teaching model. Your candidate guide has its own flap and speed schedule: learn that one and fly it as written.
Tap the actions in order. The idea is the same in every Airbus SOP; the exact calls and speeds are in your guide.
Something happens in the simulator: pick the call or response. Generic Airbus-style wording; the exact calls in your candidate guide take precedence.
Attitude plus thrust gives performance. Find the deviation and choose the first correction: small, early, then check the result.
Nine things to have done before the day, starting with the one the airline itself asks for.
Teaching model. Attitudes, N1 values and speeds are typical, rounded values for a light-to-medium A320 at low altitude: not FCOM data and not the values of any particular assessment. Tolerances are commonly used ones, not assessment criteria. The candidate guide you receive is the reference.