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Fully agree! Good your back flying!

Welcome to my world! And thanks for the very nice words, of course. I agree - when I got reactivated after a few months of being at home due to Covid I found that its not so much "pushing AP buttons" that I got rusty with - it was the instrument scan! And this is something that you can only really practice by flying manually - even following the FD isn´t really cutting it, because you will invariably concentrate on centering the needles...which any 6 year-old can probably do better than me . Cheers, Jan

I put it in some other thread but is probably more effective here: Keep up the good work, IXEG. Every time I rejoin Xplane, your aircraft is logging the hours. Thanks for that regards

Keep up the good work IXEG, every time I rejoin with Xplane, your aircraft is logging the hours. regards

The FLT/GRD switch is moved to GRD with the "after landing items" - as you leave the runway. The outflow valve will drive to "FULL OPEN" very fast, and this "dumps out" the small positive pressure in the cabin, resulting in a momentarily high cabin rate of climb (remember, more pressure -> cabin "descends", less pressure -> cabin "climbs"). Try to open the outflow valve when flying at 30.000 feet and see what happens with the cabin rate . PS: Are you aware of the folder "documentation" contained in the aircraft folder? There is a .pdf in there called: 3-Pilot Quick Reference Handbook. It contains the normal procedures for operation, and may answer a lot of your questions (as it also contains some annotation for WHY things are done). Here is the excerpt for Chapter 6: CHAPTER 6 AFTER LANDING AND PARKING Taxiing the aircraft to the parking position or gate after landing can be very demanding, too. It takes good crew coordination to keep situational awareness, in addition to performing some steps to prepare the aircraft for arrival at the gate. AFTER-LANDING ITEMS: Reversers stow Speedbrake down Landing lights as required • Usually turn off the landing lights and turn on taxi-lights and runway-turnoff lights Flaps up Pitot-Static-Heat off • This removes heating from the pitots during ground operation, they would get too hot without the cooling airflow. FLT/GRD Switch GRD • This will open the outflow valve, depressurizing the airplane so you can open the cabin doors later on. Strobe Lights OFF • They could blind other aircraft/personnel Engine start switches OFF APU As required • Only use the APU if you need it for electrical power or aircondition after parking. Its loud and uses fuel! Single-engine taxi consider

The ELEC pumps usually stay on "all day" - you turn them on in the morning (before the first flight) and then shut them down in the evening (when leaving the aircraft). You need to have clearance from ground personell to turn them on, often the guy doing the outside check will knock on the plane skin and then give you a thumbs-up when all flight surfaces are clear (because they can move when turning on the ELEC HYD). You do need AC power to turn them, so you will need GPU or APU supplying the main AC buses. They are turned on very early in the preparation, because running them has the advantage of supplying power to the brakes (in case the accumulator wears down during extended ground time) and also being able to spot leakage during the outside check. You will normally not turn them off during "the day" - the only reasone I can think of right now is the supplementary procedure "Push back with no bypass pin installed" - where you need to depressurize the A system during pushback. Cheers, Jan