TOE Questions/ Techniques

Question 1



Question 2

What is a common factor in many tail strike incidents?

Answer 2

Lack of experience in a330

Question 3

When should your hand go to the tiller on rollout?

Answer 3

Rudder effective to 60 kn nose wheel steering effective below that plus differential breaking. Hand should not go to the tiller till turning off the runway. 

Question 4

Critical terrain box over flight procedure? 

Answer 4

One pilot select terrain pushbutton. Know terrain box MSA. Pilot flying load terrain box. Pilot monitoring check work. One pilot display terrain boxes. Know preferred direction of turn and diversion airports. Plan weather deviations to stay as close as possible to edges of box. Outside of box but in terrain: descend no lower than 10,000 until established on an airway.

Question 5

What if I get within 10 minutes of fir boundary exit to domestic and no VHF frequency? 

Answer 5

Call _____radio or CPDLC for vhf freq.

Question 6

Lose an engine in NAT……
Medical divert in NAT…..

Answer 6

Memory item: Driftdown (together
Tell FA to get other pilot.
Tell FO: you have the a/c and radios. Do the Comm box on contingency card. Let me know when you are R5 and we will aviator together below FL290. I’ll do the ecam and qrh.
Sat phone to atl radio and talk to dispatch on airport.
Medical: Time bucket initially. While medical condition evaluated, acars w dispatch on airport if needed. Check weather. Bearing. CPDLC msg entered req divert. If opposite direction consider R5 and descent below 290 while waiting for clearance.

Question 7

First time turn off seat belt sign?

Answer 7

Mandatory FAA PA 

Question 8

Since day, one is so busy and student overwhelmed by everything and nighttime and tired soon keep day one activities to just the procedures required to conduct the flight. No extra or minimum extra. Walk around can be saved today to win more time in Europe. Do you need to check out on bunk on like one so can use the bunk. 

Question 9

Extra walk around questions is it OK that the ailerons are drooping like that? Those gear main gear 10 holes see. Stabilizer reset. If zero then spoilers still up. Look under engine for kolaches. Main priority like I’ll walk around some fluid leaks. Tire condition engine damage good look at rear of engine. Panels closed, bird strikes. 

Question 10

What is significant about secondary flight plan page matching active?

Answer 10

Don’t need to go to hdg

Question 11

ETP page. What’s on it to teach? 

Answer 11

Read the whole page, gives the time window for weather at the ETP. Position of ETP is given with N5240W/-254. 

Question 12

ADS-B discussion neo versus classic
Ads-c
ATN
CPDLC

Answer 12

 ADS-B (broadcast) on the 900 is in and out classic out only both through the transponder. ADS-C (contract 10 min) on both is thru the acars. On 900 is acars thru ATN using Vdl 2. Classics is acars but not thru atn so atc doesn’t allow us to use for pilot controller, communication. CPDLC controller pilot data link communication is through acars on Classix to Gander ATC not Gander radio. Is text messaging. CPDLC on the 900 is through VDL2 through ATN Netwerk to Gander ATC. And through satcom if VHF not available. Domestic CPDLC on the classics is through acars VHF three to ATC not through ATN. Neo is also through acars VHF three, but uses VDL 2 ATN Netwerk, which allows pilot controller direct communication.

Question 13

Wx radar: what are the consequences if left off for takeoff?

Answer 13

Pws will still work if sys 1 operational. WX radar will not be working.

Question 14

What if no EEP on oceanic route and want alternate weather?
Required to check it?

Answer 14

Misc report/ enter “etops winds update” in text field. No “code”needed. gives you upper lvl winds. Metar and taf give you wx.
No, since not etops.

Question 15

What page in mtc acars gives datalink comm priority?

Answer 15

Comm status

Vhf

Satcom

Hf.

Question 16

Hard thing to do when I’m the right seat?

Answer 16

Let him be the captain

Question 17

What to look for on DCDU page when going across fir boundary?

Answer 17

Both active atc unit AND ads connection

Question 18

Cabin OE checkout.

Answer 18

Delta one seats if power failure show manual switches. Green light showing seat upright and locked. How to preflight seat 2a. Triangles over wing observation points. Three left and right only used as emergency. Every exit has a flight attendant sitting by it, so no uncommanded evacuation. Get a cockpit key. How open door’s without a key. Medical headset connection points. Where defibrillator is. Wheelchair key at three left. Water shut off’s and Gallies. Live water shut off and toilet shut off.

Question 19

Capt 2 leg checkout theater qual and fo 1 leg theater fam both use same paperwork.

Question 20

For FMA callouts, need to say managed climb each time?

Answer 20

No. Only say what has changed. If still managed climb just say new altitude: “310”. Will be a white box around any change. So might have to say “ thrust climb, managed Climb, 310”

Question 21

What can you do before getting to the cockpit to help with sitting in the right seat and observing the captain?

Answer 21

Have sheet filled out ahead of time with ramp ground frequency changes and company page remarks, and 10 9A remarks and flightplan remarks if available. 

Question 22

What can you do to teach capts on keeping the brakes cool for long taxis?

Answer 22

In Amsterdam or Paris for long taxi tell them they have five break applications, so use them wisely

Question 23

What happens if you program secondary for runway change to far in advance?

Answer 23

When you go to secondary performance page to update last minute, aTiS , the PERF page is gone. The winds are gone because it received a wind up link and got the winds from the last page, bottom setting. 

Question 24

Good way to show how the pressure sensor on the strike panel works

Answer 24

Blow a puff of air into opening on panel and will hear lock release 

Question 25

For a radar test want to see no warning messages. What if see Amber message and what if See a red message?

Answer 25

Amber message is just a degraded functional level and can probably still go. Read message means system in op. If system one in op than PWS is not working and probably can’t go. 

Question 26

Should make a PA for augmented crew in cabin, and may see pilots walking through but know that two pilots always on duty on the flight deck. 

Question 27

I’ll get target landing window?

Answer 27

Take scheduled arrival time abd minus five minutes and minus taxi time. 

Question 28

FOM has required and suggested PAs. What are required? Suggested?

Answer 28

Before takeoff. Initial seatbelt signing off. Dissent seatbelt sign on/prepare for arrival. Turbulence when encountered or anticipated, and after a go around on rejected landing.
Suggested:
Welcome
Augmented crew

Question 29

Opt altitude uses 500 mile winds, and is not very temperature dependent.

Question 30

Good way to show AUTOLAND extra rwy required?

Answer 30

Run another LPR with auto land included 

Question 31

What are the most important tho to check on a walk around?

Answer 31

Leaks, tires, leading edges, engines (bird strikes) snow/ice, tail strike.

Question 32

To teach paying attn to ewd ______

Answer 32

Start timer whenever msg appears

Question 33

On lda, rnav gps- can you mnvr prior to last wpt/mda to align early?

Answer 33

No. Not without atc approval.

Question 34

FO should always clearly communicate______?

Answer 34

frequency changes

Question 35

Slamming doors- cage cockpit crew rest. Be courteous. Use key both ways.

Question 36

What if push back and have an Ecam like engine start fault that has a subsequent clearing - restart and successful start and no inop systems listed on the ecam. Everything looks perfect. No, you can’t messages no status and ops systems listed: can you continue?

Answer 36

No! Not without contacting MCC. See maintenance irregularities after pushback flow chart. Must get a continue in service message. 

Question 37

FO question: what is your most important job on the taxi to take off?

Answer 37

Verify that the captain has turn the radar on 

Question 38

You suddenly find yourself in back up lol; how do you recognize that you are in back up lol and what control of the aircraft do you have?

Answer 38

On PFD see red “MAN PITCH TRIM ONLY”. Rudder and pitch trim. Make small pitch trim inputs THS very large. There is a delay with rotor inputs. So make small input and wait for reaction. 

Question 39

The person who calls up saying that a person is having a severe allergic reaction and says that the passenger says they will die if they don’t get medical help immediately. Your overhead Orlando heading south America. What do you do?

Answer 39

Don’t immediately divert to Orlando! Follow SOP. This is not heavy bleeding, giving birth or cardiac arrest – situations where you can immediately contact med air link. Follow SOP: get a doctor fill out medical form… 

Question 40

Route change has suppl procedure. What else should you do to prevent a gross NAV error?

Answer 40

Put a discontinuity at the end of the track to confirm new routing with domestic 

Question 41

Important consideration when viewing a cpdlc message on the track? 

Answer 41

Check date time stamp to make sure are not delayed. 

Question 42

Scenario: get antiskid inop ecam in flight. Thoughts regarding landing?

Answer 42

Brakes could seize (it happened). Declare emergency and have arrf standing by.