Lieber Stefan, sehr schön, dass dich deine Community wieder im Cockpit begleiten darf 😃 Dafür danken wir Dir und deinen Co-Piloten ganz herzlich und freuen uns wie immer auf weitere Videos!
Lieber Mark, vielen lieben Dank fürs Anschauen und die finanzielle Unterstützung des Kanals! Das freut mich wirlich sehr! Alles Gute und noch einen schönen Tag!
So happy to see a landing in my hometown! Approach on 16 offers a spectacular view of the city which is even better during nighttime! The reason they instructed you to expedite crossing rwy 28 is because another aircraft has already lined-up for departure, you can hear the instruction at 16:22. The aircraft is from the Hellenic Fire Service and they wanted to fill-up with water. At 24:32, they've been instructed to turn left in order to free the final of rwy 28 for departures and to only do water extraction in a position that does not affect the departures, as well as, not going over 500ft. It's a little weird the communication was in Greek while in fact Thessaloniki is an international airport with lots of international traffic.
Thank you very much for watching and for the translation of the Greek instructions which were given to other airplanes by ATC. I would prefer that all the communication at international airports is done in English. But on the other hand, I can understand that fire fighting services, private pilots and other local airplanes want to communicate in their native language.
Personally, having the knowledge and skills to fly an airplane of 70 tonnes doesn't impress me as much as the ability to understand what people who don't have English as their native language are saying through the radio.
Thank you as always for the upload, captain. I particularly loved how you announced the runway you're landing on during your passenger announcement at the beginning of the video! As a passenger I'd really have appreciated that.
Thie arrival and departure times at the gate are tracked and shall be in accordance to the coordinated airport slot +/- 14 minutes. Sometimes it is impossible to operate in this time frame. My understanding is that a few flights may arrive or depart outside of that window, but in general this should be avoided. Reason is that the airport is not that large and for a smooth operation everybody has to try to stay in the coordinated time frames. I do not know if there are fines or extra fees if you operate outside of the time frame.
@@ApproachandDepartureVideos It's both completely understandable but also interesting that the controller can't waive this restriction if it suits them. At least the marshaller got a bit of an extra workout. :)
Hello Cpt. Another beautiful approach video over a beautiful Greek city. 😀👍 I find the display of the FMC very interesting and great. I can only join MarkLevinson20 and thank you again for the work and the great video from the cockpit. Of course, the view from the cockpit was super nice again. I think it's great that you can admire the beautiful airplane at the end. ✈ Nice photo, thanks! I'm looking forward to the next video. In this sense, I wish you and your crew a nice week. Greetings from Styria 🤗 Werner
Dear Captain. You videos are perfect, I have been following you since you very first videos uploaded here and currently, I am always looking forward to Saturday uploads. :) Thank you for an another great upload. This is simply the best in-cockpit series...full immersion guaranteed! :)
Thank you so much for the very kind words and for being a loyal follower from the beginning! Please tell tell everybody who is interested in aviation about the channel! Thanks in advance! Have a wonderful weekend! All the best to you!
Vielen Dank fürs gute Feedback! Ich würde mich sehr über mehr Aufrufe freuen! Bitte allen vom Kanal und den Videos erzählen! Vielen Dank vorab für die Hilfe!
Dear Stefan, I am before type rating and your videos are great for flying enthusiast as well as aspirants for flight crew positions. Also good to see your great hand flying skillls and the ambient you create for great CRM. All the best, thanks for all your efforts!
Thanks for watching and your detailed feedback! I wish you all the best for your type rating and a great aviation career! I hope to see you soon on the flight deck!
Thanks for the very helpful feedback! I try to include the contents list with the links in the timeline in all future videos. Also I plan to implement it for some really long videos which have been published a few weeks ago.
I have discovered this channel just lately and I already watched a lot of videos from it, and what I can tell is that you Captain a really great pilot, and I really like your CRM, and how you handle things, very good captain that he knows what he's doing, very honored to have discovered your channel
Thanks for watching and your good feedback! At this airport, we have to make sure that we arrive at the gate during the time frame of the coordinated airport slot +/- 14 minutes. Sometimes this is a very difficult task. Especially at this flight. We were advised by ATC to fly high speed enroute, had tailwind and we got a much shorter approach than expected.
this video is especially interesting not only because it is in my city but also after you Proteas aircraft is a Hellenic Airforce Canadair Aircraft for putting out wildfires and probably preparing and exercising for the summer season. They also give them instructions to the locations to fill water so they do are not an obstacle for take-offs and landings. wonderful!
First of all: Thank you very much for supporting the channel as a member! The speed in an Airbus A320 can be selected of managed. Selected means that the pilot dials whatever speed he or she wants into the FCU panel and then the plane tries to fly this speed until another speed will be selected. Managed means that the Airbus flies the speed which is preprogrammed for the current situation. The speed is dependent on the cost index, flight phase, the altitude, distance from the runway, the current flap/slat configuration of the plane and (during the final approach) from the current wind and the entered tower wind iIf we want to fly a selected speed, we need to pull the speed knob and set the speed. If we want to fly a manged speed, we have to push the speed knob. Here, we changed from selected to managed speed. Afterwards, you can see on the PFD that the speed target changes on its own depending on the situation.
Nice landing in my hometown! I'm no longer based there and I really miss the airport and its people. Next time it would be nice to see an approach on rwy 34, preferably VOR Y, it's quite an experience in the first time 😊
Thanks for sharing your personal experience! I will try to record an approach to runway 34 as soon as possible. It may take a while because my schedule is always a surprise. Have a great day!
Yes, single engine taxi in is allowed regardless of the taxi route. It does not matter if you cross another runway with one or two engines running. There is no danger of doing that with one engine.
It's nice that you can actually hear a flight of two firefighting planes ( Πρωτεας Α / Proteas A) preping to take off and collect water from Thermaikos gulf.
Guten Abend, ich finde deine Videos als Av-geek soo unglaublich toll und interessant. Muss ich derzeit bei der Anreise nach Griechenland derzeit etwas beachten? Gibt es noch eine Passkontrolle am Flughafen?
Vielen Dank fürs Anschauen und Dein sehr gutes Feedback! Griechenland gehört wie Deutschland zum Schengen-Raum, in dem es keine Grenzkontrollen gibt. Trotzdem braucht man einen Personalausweis oder Reisepass, um sich am Flughafen oder in der Öffentlichkeit ausweisen zu können.
Thanks for another great video. Do you find the VNAV accurate in the real aircraft. In managed descent does it always make the target altitudes or do you have to help it in open descent ? 👍👍
Good question! This is in accordance to Airbus SOP. Airbus SOP requires only the confirmation if you switch off an engine as long as the airplane is flying in the air. On the ground, such a confirmation is not required.
Most aircraft on this approach pass directly over my sister's apartment in Thessaloniki, I used to enjoy spotting them on my visits there. (Not been since 2014 - my sister moved to the U.K. in 2015 but still owns the apartment.)
Thanks for watching and for sharing your personal feedback! An apartment in the approach path must must be a good place for airplane spotting! Have a great day!
You are an excellent ambassador and advert for Eurowings. I have one question: When you taxi using only engine do you have to somehow adjust steering, etc for an asymmetric thrust?
Thank you very much for your kind words! Sure, the thrust is asymmetric during single engine taxi in. Most of the taxiing is done with idle thrust and that requires only none to very light compensation for the asymmetric thrust. If we add more thrust, more compensation may be needed. We just keep the plane on the centerline of the taxiway with the tiller and/or the rudder pedals. It is difficult to estimate how much the required input would differ compared to doulble engine taxi in. Have a nice day!
@@ApproachandDepartureVideos Thanks, that's interesting. When we (UK family) lived in Germany our landlord was a senior LH pilot. He told me once of a time when the apron at FRA was very icy and when he tried to taxi with one engine the plane went around in circles !!!
@@richardfrancis4518 Interesting story. That is one of the reasons why we shall not use the single engine taxi in procedure on icy or slippery taxiways and aprons.
Σας καλωσορίζω στην χώρα μας και στην όμορφη Θεσσαλονίκη , την πατρίδα του Μ Αλεξάνδρου , η Θεσσαλονίκη ήταν η αδελφή του , υπέροχο ταξίδι , ικανότατος χειριστής όμορφες εικόνες μπροστά μας , ευχαριστούμε για την επίσκεψη , σας περιμένουμε και στα νησιά μας και στην πατρίδα μου την Κέρκυρα , σας στέλνουμε χαιρετισμούς !
Thessaloniki is a wonderful city, that you'll definately enjoy as tourists. I guarantee that as a.... Thessalonician. (I've made hundreds and hundreds of landings in LGTS from good old MS FS98 up till MSFS...). Thanks for the wonderful video!
I landend on this airport 12times per my young life, when we was travelling to holiday to Leptokaria ... but almost everytime with flying stone IL-62 or TU-154 :D ....
Es ist Samstag 😊 Zwei Fragen für mich als Sesselflieger. Auf der Anflugkarte sind zwei Decision Heights eingezeichnet, einmal für GA 4% (habt ihr gewählt) und einmal für 2.5%. Das ist die mögliche Steigrate beim Go-Around, oder? Wer schneller steigt, darf später entscheiden? Zweite Frage, sind das Eurowings-Charts? Auf den Jeppesen Charts ist die DH mit 214 ft angegeben.
Wir haben vor dem Anflug die Performance für die Landung und einen möglichen Go Around ausgerechnet. Die 4 % waren kein Problem. Sie beziehen sich auf den erforderlichen Steiggradienten im Single Engine Fall. Deshalb konnten wir das niedrigere Minimum verwenden. Bei dem guten Wetter war es natürlich nicht entscheidend, da wir schon sehr früh die Landebahn gesehen haben. Wir benutzen Lido Karten, die von Lufthansa Systems angeboten werden. Am Ende des Videos sind alle von uns verwendeten Karten im Vollformat zu sehen. Jeppesen gibt die MDA oder die DA auf 1 Fuss genau an. Lido rundet hier auf die nâchsten 10 auf. Statt 214 Fuß sind es bei Lido 220 Fuß. Ab CAT 2 ist Lido auch auf 1 Fuß genau.
Awesome videos as always! I got a question ( im very grateful that you are able to answer me) , when you talk about factorized lnd distance the EFB gives you an already factorized ones , o you apply the factor on it? We are talking bout the 1,43 / 0,6 lnd factor right? Thanks in advance and have a good week!
Thanks for watching and your kind words! When we are talking about landing distances in the approach briefing, we talk about the real landing distances, calculated with the actual weight, weather, runway conditions, use of reverse, brakes and other approach details. The Airbus Flysmart landing module calculates the landing distance for us. This is from 50 feet over the threshold until a full stop. Flysmart calculates also a factorized landing distance. This is the calculated landing distance plus a 15 percent margin. For safety reasons, we always make sure that the factorized landing distance is not longer than the available runway length.
Captain could you explain why you were both talking about “ 3 minutes “ were you early and this is a problem arriving at the gate ? Thank you for another great video
Anoher great video, so much interesting content. Interesting too, how the engines on the Neo's are supposed to be kept running for a period of time after landing. Vielen Dank and bis zum naechsten Mal!
Hi Capt, I noticed during approach checklist at 10:16, on Autobrake, you instinctively looked at the Autobrake selector instead of the armed status on PFD FMA. I thought that was interesting, but either method to check will work I guess? Hello from SIN/WSSS.
Thanks for watching and for sharing your observation! We usually check the illuminated light at the autobrake selector. But, in general, the same info is available on the FMA. Greetings to Singapore!
Wonderful, wonderful approach up to your usual impeccable standards. I so look forward to Saturday mornings and these videos, it's something of a ritual now. Thank you kindly.
Thanks for watching and the good feedback! Due to the limited capacity, there are coordinated time frames (airport slots) at which we shall arrive at the gate or leave the gate again. We always try to stay in that timeframe as close as possible.
We departed out of real bad and rainy weather. So - in comparison - the weather during the approach was wonderful. Also, the weather at Thessaloniki airport was better than forecasted.
Loved the video! Curious, at 13:10 when you start the right turn to join the localizer, do you ONLY start the right turn when the MFD has LOC on or is there a predesignated point to start the right turn?
Thanks for watching and your feedback! We were following the flight director and started the turn as the flight director commanded the turn. The FMA showed LOC* in parallel. The intercept started a little less than 1 nautical mile from reaching the centerline of the final approach track. Without the flight director, we would have started the turn at about a mile from the centerline or latest when the localizer starts moving.
What's the deal with the "earliest on-blocks time" ? I mean if the gate was still blocked or something, ok, but that was not the case. Looks a bit like a waste of time actually, having to taxi super-slow... Are there fines at some airports if you arrive "too early"?
Due to capacity reasons, the airlines have to obtain coordinated arrival and departure times (airport slots). These slots have a +/- 14 minutes window. For a smooth airport operation, operating outside the window has to be avoided whenever possible. I do not know about fines. The worst case would be to loose the airport slot completely after operating too often outside the slot window.
You are correct. We followed the instruction to descent to FL110 but did not read the FL 110 back. ATC gets a transmission from our transponder which shows the selected altitude in our flight management system. I assume that ATC instead of asking for a verbal confirmation just checked our selected altitude on the radar screen. It happens once in a while that there is something missing in a readback. Especially if lots of different information and instructions are transmitted at the same transmission.
what a great video and piloting. thank you Captain for uploading this. one question: is it bad if you arrive earlier? its a nice thing for us passengers, but it looks like you didnt like it that much, so i guess there must be a reason
Thanks for watching and the kind words! The operation at crowded airports is based on airport slots which are coordinated long before the flight day. Most of the time this is the deparure and arrival time in the passenger ticket. The normal operating window is plus minus 14 minutes to keep the airport traffic in good order. Artiving or departing out of the time frame has to be avoided. Depending on the general traffic amount, some airports monitor the precise adherence to the slots.
Wie immer ein wirklich tolles Video, freut man sich immer sehr drauf. Die Charts werten die Videos immer nochmal auf und über PFD und ND brauchen wir glaube ich gar nicht reden 😅 - waren Sie zufällig dieses Jahr schon in Split?
Another great video. My favourite channel, I love the style, the video length and the content is a great balance which suits the aviation enthusiast, I am glad you don’t edit it with over the top extra graphics etc!!! 2 questions: when crossing another runway, do you always switch on landing lights and strobe to cross, or only when crossing “active “ runways? And regarding your early arrival and amusing taxi speed! Can you explain why you have an earliest possible arrival time? Can you not check that in cruise and reduce mach a little. Do you need to comment on your post flight report about why you arrived early? I’m just very curious. Many thanks for you me video and especially your time in answering the communities questions, greetings from LSZH.
Thanks for the friendly words! If crossing runways, we switch on the strobes and the taxi and turnoff lights. Sure, we could add landing lights, if we deem it necessary. But usually not. The wind was in favor of an early arrival. So we tried to reduce speed enroute to minimum. But ATC did not want that. Instead we had to fly high speed due to other traffic. The same situation was in the descent and during the first part of taxi-in. The airport slot is coordinated long before the flight day at airports like Thessaloniki for a smooth operation. Due to limited capacity this is needed. We always try to arrive in the +/- 14 minutes window. If we do not make it in that window it counts as arrival out of the slot time. We have to avoid it. But sometimes it is not possible to arrive in the time frame. If we do that too often, we may loose the slot for the flight. Some airports even have fines.
There is no possible to switch between headset or loudspeaker audio. The headset audio is on as soon as the headset is plugged in and you can hear the loudspeaker if you turn the volume knob near the loudspeaker to an appropriate level. The ACP is used to switch on or off and regulate the volume of the different audio sources..
Thanks for watching and the good feedback! I have seen lots of pilots in the simulator and the airplane. Everybody is a little different. Some make more inputs, some less to achieve the same result. Even a pilot may have a day at which he or she does more inputs than usually. What counts at the end is that the airplane is flying vertivally and horizontally on the target track without unneeded oscillations.
@@ApproachandDepartureVideos that's absolutely right and fair. My point was, since Airbus stick control architecture is commanding roll rate and G load (normal law), you're not controlling the flight control surfaces to create a reault: you make an input requesting the result, let it do its thing, monitor and then correct it again. But you're right, no one of us flies the exact same way every day. Thanks for the response and the great videos!
Man kann diese Arbeitseinstellung wirklich nur bewundern. Immer auf der Höhe des Geschehens, gleichzeitig alles lieber noch einmal nachfragen und doublechecken. Das zeigt besonders große Souveränität!
Take-offs and landings are always risky on crossed runways. 16/34 and 10/28 are crossing each other almost on midpoint. So take-offs and landings should always be performed as quick as possible. You are never comfortable there 😆
I like airports with a crosswind runway setup. They give us good takeoff and landing options regardless of the wind direction. Tower is required to do a very good job to make sure that nothing happens at the intersection. We all have to keep our eyes open and listen to the radio frequency to be aware about what is happening on the crossing runway and the taxiways.
@@ApproachandDepartureVideos Surely, most pilots have a tendency to monitor other dialogues as well to add to critical situational awareness. Always a good idea. 👍
@@tomstravels520 well but it isnt and theres ground crew as well but still the Captain is taxiing very slow trying to spend as much time as possible, doesnt sound to be the reason to me tbh
At 20:10 the captain asks the earlies allowed arrival time, so my guess is that they are not allowed to arrive earlier, maybe because the ground staff might not be there yet.
@@dgonL y i saw that and i the explanation makes sense, but however you can see the captain taxiing with 2-3 knots into the stand when you can already see that the ground crew is there. So i was wondering if theres some kind of fee/fine from the airport etc. If it was just for the ground crew, theres no reason to taxi that slow Bit you could still wait at the parking position for them to arrive
Good question! There is a coordinated airport slot. Whenever possible, we have to arrive at the gate in a time frame of the slot time +/- 14 minutes. Here we had to fly faster enroute due to traffic, there was a tailwind, the approach was much shorter than planned and we had to taxi fast due to traffic. So we arrived early at the gare area.
Es gab einen koordinierten Ankunftsslot für den Flug. Das Zeitfenster für die Ankunft am Gate ist dann plus/minus 14 Minuten. Das konnten wir hier leider nicht einhalten, da wir unterwegs von der Flugsicherung aus Verkehrsgründen angewiesen wurden, etwas schneller zu fliegen. Darüber hinaus gab es einen wesentlich kürzeren Anflug als geplant und wir mussten zunächst sehr zügig rollen. Wir können schlecht kurz vorm Gate stehen bleiben und warten. Grund für die Airport-Slots ist die begrenzte Kapazität des Flughafens.
Thanks for watching and your great feedback! There is a time frame around the coordinated airport slot in which we have to arrive, whenever possible. We tried to make that time frame. These airport slots are needed for capacity reasons and to allow a smooth airport operation. Tailwinds on the flight, ATC requests for high speed and a very short approach made it difficult for us.
@@ApproachandDepartureVideos Thanks for your reply, captain! It is interesting to me that the airport wants you to arrive at a certain time, but the AIRPORT ITSELF (ATC) gave you instructions that ran contrary to that goal. Or are the ATC technically not airport employees? Anyway, its no matter. Thanks again for your response, sir!
@@danmoretti8898 The airport slots are coordinated long before the flight takes place. Usually this are the times in the ticket. This is all based on standard flight times, departures, approaches …. During the flight, the real world with weather, ATC … kicks in. ATC is independent from the airport and has to make sure that the traffic enroute and during the approach is running in good order. Even with all these constraints, most of the time, we arrive or depart at the slot times +/- 14 minutes.
Thanks for the suggestion. I would love to show the MCDU in addition. But right now, I am unable to record the MCDU during the whole approach or departure. Reason is that the possible camera locations are very limited. I hope to find a solution in the near future. Please stay tuned.
As much as I love aviation, it's hard living near this airport. The local authorities don't care for the noise pollution it causes to the Kalamaria residential area. Planes land following this route all night long! Greece is a third world country and this is one fact that proves it.
I am very sorry to hear that. It is always difficult to find the right balance between the interest of the people who want to travel from an airport close to the city and the people who are living close to the airport and want to get a good amount of sleep during the night. Lots of countries, like the USA, weigh the interest of aviation and the flying people very high. They keep their airports 24 hours a day open and say that usually the airport was there first and the people who bought cheap lots near it knew about the fact before they moved to the area. In Germany, they even close Frankfurt, Munich or Berlin airport at a certain time in the evening and if the airplanes are not in the air, they have to taxi back to the terminal and the passengers have to sleep on emergency beds in the terminal. Regulations like this one together with high taxes and fees drive foreign airlines away from Germany. They reduce then number of flights or close bases completely,
@@ApproachandDepartureVideos being a private pilot myself I do understand that there aren't many things that can be done. But I think that runway 10-28 could be used in many landings instead of 16-34 where the final passes over Kalamaria. All landings should be diverted to 10-28 (when possible of course) during night time. I am talking about planes landing all night long, till morning at low altitude over a densely populated area! At least, traffic over the city during night should be forbidden.
This sounds like a reasonable suggestion! The approach to runway 10 is over water and does not impact any populated areas. My understanding right now is that they use 16-34 usually for landings and 28 for takeoffs. I suggest that you provide your ideas to the airport.
It doesnt make sense to me the main control stick isnt btwn the pilots legs anymore... so you either fly left or right handed.... what if youre better at flying with your dominant hand...?
Flying with the stick is very similar to flying with a conventional yoke. In both cases, one hand is at the stick and the other at the thrust levers. The Captain has the left hand at the stick and the right hand at the thrust levers. In a conventional aircraft with a yoke, the Captain would have the left hand at the yoke and the right hand at the thrust levers. The opposite is true for the First Officer.
Yes. Several times. A while ago, I recorded a single camera video of the approach. Here is the link: th-cam.com/video/KHgoDEX7_3E/w-d-xo.html When I will be scheduled again to Newcastle, I will try to record a new multicamera video. But this may take a while. Have a nice day!
Lieber Stefan, sehr schön, dass dich deine Community wieder im Cockpit begleiten darf 😃 Dafür danken wir Dir und deinen Co-Piloten ganz herzlich und freuen uns wie immer auf weitere Videos!
Lieber Mark, vielen lieben Dank fürs Anschauen und die finanzielle Unterstützung des Kanals! Das freut mich wirlich sehr! Alles Gute und noch einen schönen Tag!
Finally you're in my city... Welcome 🤗🤗🤗
Thanks. Best greetings to Thessaloniki!
So happy to see a landing in my hometown! Approach on 16 offers a spectacular view of the city which is even better during nighttime!
The reason they instructed you to expedite crossing rwy 28 is because another aircraft has already lined-up for departure, you can hear the instruction at 16:22. The aircraft is from the Hellenic Fire Service and they wanted to fill-up with water. At 24:32, they've been instructed to turn left in order to free the final of rwy 28 for departures and to only do water extraction in a position that does not affect the departures, as well as, not going over 500ft. It's a little weird the communication was in Greek while in fact Thessaloniki is an international airport with lots of international traffic.
Thank you very much for watching and for the translation of the Greek instructions which were given to other airplanes by ATC. I would prefer that all the communication at international airports is done in English. But on the other hand, I can understand that fire fighting services, private pilots and other local airplanes want to communicate in their native language.
Personally, having the knowledge and skills to fly an airplane of 70 tonnes doesn't impress me as much as the ability to understand what people who don't have English as their native language are saying through the radio.
Thank you as always for the upload, captain. I particularly loved how you announced the runway you're landing on during your passenger announcement at the beginning of the video! As a passenger I'd really have appreciated that.
Thanks for watching and the helpful feedback! Have a great day!
Had to chuckle at the attempts to claw back the time on the taxiway 😅 what happens if you do get to the stand early?
Thie arrival and departure times at the gate are tracked and shall be in accordance to the coordinated airport slot +/- 14 minutes. Sometimes it is impossible to operate in this time frame. My understanding is that a few flights may arrive or depart outside of that window, but in general this should be avoided. Reason is that the airport is not that large and for a smooth operation everybody has to try to stay in the coordinated time frames. I do not know if there are fines or extra fees if you operate outside of the time frame.
@@ApproachandDepartureVideos It's both completely understandable but also interesting that the controller can't waive this restriction if it suits them. At least the marshaller got a bit of an extra workout. :)
Hello Cpt.
Another beautiful approach video over a beautiful Greek city. 😀👍
I find the display of the FMC very interesting and great.
I can only join MarkLevinson20 and thank you again for the work and the great video from the cockpit.
Of course, the view from the cockpit was super nice again.
I think it's great that you can admire the beautiful airplane at the end. ✈
Nice photo, thanks!
I'm looking forward to the next video.
In this sense, I wish you and your crew a nice week.
Greetings from Styria 🤗
Werner
Werner, thanks again for watching and for your detailed feedback! As always, your feedback is very helpful! Have a nice day! Best greetings to Styria!
Dear Captain. You videos are perfect, I have been following you since you very first videos uploaded here and currently, I am always looking forward to Saturday uploads. :) Thank you for an another great upload. This is simply the best in-cockpit series...full immersion guaranteed! :)
Thank you so much for the very kind words and for being a loyal follower from the beginning! Please tell tell everybody who is interested in aviation about the channel! Thanks in advance! Have a wonderful weekend! All the best to you!
so aufwendige videos Jungs ,aber wenig abrufe... hoffe wird bei euch bald besser noch...
Vielen Dank fürs gute Feedback! Ich würde mich sehr über mehr Aufrufe freuen! Bitte allen vom Kanal und den Videos erzählen! Vielen Dank vorab für die Hilfe!
Dear Stefan, I am before type rating and your videos are great for flying enthusiast as well as aspirants for flight crew positions. Also good to see your great hand flying skillls and the ambient you create for great CRM. All the best, thanks for all your efforts!
Thanks for watching and your detailed feedback! I wish you all the best for your type rating and a great aviation career! I hope to see you soon on the flight deck!
I'm so grateful to have this CRM and Airmanship class every Saturday here on YT. Thanks Captain!
Thanks for watching and the friendly words! All the best to you!
This is amazing for someone the uses msfs 2020 like me . lovely settings and views keep the videos coming be safe up there and happy flying.
Thanks for watching and your personal feedback! I wish you lots of fun with your simulator!
This video is very nice and I find the insertion of the time content interesting. Good day To you and the crew
Thanks for the very helpful feedback! I try to include the contents list with the links in the timeline in all future videos. Also I plan to implement it for some really long videos which have been published a few weeks ago.
My home airport! I spotted you guys!
Thanks for watching! Many greetings to Thessaloniki! Have a nice day!
Great landing. Thank for posting a video from my hometown. Hope you visit us again soon. Wishing you safe flights!
Thanks for your great feedback and the good wishes! Many greetings to Thessaloniki!
The lake in 11:20 is called Pikrolimni (Bitter lake) and it was once upon a time an attraction for its Mud Therapy Center.
Thanks for the information! I love to know all the landmarks we pass by or overfly during our approaches.
I have discovered this channel just lately and I already watched a lot of videos from it, and what I can tell is that you Captain a really great pilot, and I really like your CRM, and how you handle things, very good captain that he knows what he's doing, very honored to have discovered your channel
Thanks for discovering my channel! And thank you so much for the kind and friendly words about my person! All the best to you! Have nice day!
Excellent as usual, thanks. What was the reason for the 10 minute taxi? Something to do with letting the engines or brakes cool down?
Thanks for watching and your good feedback! At this airport, we have to make sure that we arrive at the gate during the time frame of the coordinated airport slot +/- 14 minutes. Sometimes this is a very difficult task. Especially at this flight. We were advised by ATC to fly high speed enroute, had tailwind and we got a much shorter approach than expected.
this video is especially interesting not only because it is in my city but also after you Proteas aircraft is a Hellenic Airforce Canadair Aircraft for putting out wildfires and probably preparing and exercising for the summer season. They also give them instructions to the locations to fill water so they do are not an obstacle for take-offs and landings. wonderful!
Thanks for watching and your detailed feedback and explanations. Greetings to Thessaloniki!
I've landed 100 times on this airport and I've never seen this PoV. Thx for showing us the pilot's view. Thx for the great flights
Thanks for watching and your personal feedback! Have a good day!
Excellent video. Q - @12:00 what does the process "Managed speed" mean?
First of all: Thank you very much for supporting the channel as a member! The speed in an Airbus A320 can be selected of managed. Selected means that the pilot dials whatever speed he or she wants into the FCU panel and then the plane tries to fly this speed until another speed will be selected. Managed means that the Airbus flies the speed which is preprogrammed for the current situation. The speed is dependent on the cost index, flight phase, the altitude, distance from the runway, the current flap/slat configuration of the plane and (during the final approach) from the current wind and the entered tower wind iIf we want to fly a selected speed, we need to pull the speed knob and set the speed. If we want to fly a manged speed, we have to push the speed knob. Here, we changed from selected to managed speed. Afterwards, you can see on the PFD that the speed target changes on its own depending on the situation.
Nice landing in my hometown! I'm no longer based there and I really miss the airport and its people. Next time it would be nice to see an approach on rwy 34, preferably VOR Y, it's quite an experience in the first time 😊
Thanks for sharing your personal experience! I will try to record an approach to runway 34 as soon as possible. It may take a while because my schedule is always a surprise. Have a great day!
@@ApproachandDepartureVideos Thank you! Safe flights ✈️
Is single engine taxi in allowed when crossing an active runway according FCTM?
Yes, single engine taxi in is allowed regardless of the taxi route. It does not matter if you cross another runway with one or two engines running. There is no danger of doing that with one engine.
It's nice that you can actually hear a flight of two firefighting planes ( Πρωτεας Α / Proteas A) preping to take off and collect water from Thermaikos gulf.
Thanks for watching and the information about the firefighting planes. Have a nice day!
You flew a few kilometers west of my village.Amazing video as always and a super cool cockpit crew.Thank you Captain.
Thanks for watching and the great feedback! Best wishes to Greece!
schöner Landeanflug. Ich bin mal nach Kavalla geflogen, aber vor ca.27 Jahren. Es war eine schöne Zeit!
Vielen Dank fürs Anschauen und das persönliche Feedback! Einen schönen Tag noch!
Guten Abend, ich finde deine Videos als Av-geek soo unglaublich toll und interessant. Muss ich derzeit bei der Anreise nach Griechenland derzeit etwas beachten? Gibt es noch eine Passkontrolle am Flughafen?
Vielen Dank fürs Anschauen und Dein sehr gutes Feedback! Griechenland gehört wie Deutschland zum Schengen-Raum, in dem es keine Grenzkontrollen gibt. Trotzdem braucht man einen Personalausweis oder Reisepass, um sich am Flughafen oder in der Öffentlichkeit ausweisen zu können.
Great approach and landing! Grazie, grazie. Time for some linguini and clam sauce.
Thanks for the good feedback! Enjoy your meal!
Thanks for another great video. Do you find the VNAV accurate in the real aircraft. In managed descent does it always make the target altitudes or do you have to help it in open descent ? 👍👍
No confirming that he was turning off the correct eng master? Very strange and probably not SOP?
Good question! This is in accordance to Airbus SOP. Airbus SOP requires only the confirmation if you switch off an engine as long as the airplane is flying in the air. On the ground, such a confirmation is not required.
@@ApproachandDepartureVideos understandable but maybe not the best airmanship. Do you confirm when doing single engine taxi out?
Beautiful approach and via the "scenic route". So happy to see you land in my hometown.
Thanks for watching and your great feedback! Best greetings to Thessaloniki!
Most aircraft on this approach pass directly over my sister's apartment in Thessaloniki, I used to enjoy spotting them on my visits there. (Not been since 2014 - my sister moved to the U.K. in 2015 but still owns the apartment.)
Thanks for watching and for sharing your personal feedback! An apartment in the approach path must must be a good place for airplane spotting! Have a great day!
You are an excellent ambassador and advert for Eurowings. I have one question: When you taxi using only engine do you have to somehow adjust steering, etc for an asymmetric thrust?
Thank you very much for your kind words! Sure, the thrust is asymmetric during single engine taxi in. Most of the taxiing is done with idle thrust and that requires only none to very light compensation for the asymmetric thrust. If we add more thrust, more compensation may be needed. We just keep the plane on the centerline of the taxiway with the tiller and/or the rudder pedals. It is difficult to estimate how much the required input would differ compared to doulble engine taxi in. Have a nice day!
@@ApproachandDepartureVideos Thanks, that's interesting. When we (UK family) lived in Germany our landlord was a senior LH pilot. He told me once of a time when the apron at FRA was very icy and when he tried to taxi with one engine the plane went around in circles !!!
@@richardfrancis4518 Interesting story. That is one of the reasons why we shall not use the single engine taxi in procedure on icy or slippery taxiways and aprons.
LG aus Thessaloniki (oder Saloniki)!
Vielen lieben Dank für die Grüße! Ich wünsche einen schönen Tag in Thessaloniki!
Thank you for great video. Any reason why went manual already at 10k and not in later phase? Thx
Thanks for watching and the good feedback! Full speedbrakes were required because of the shortcut. They are only available during manual flight.
@@ApproachandDepartureVideos Thank you, that makes perfect sense.
Ich freu mich immer schon Samstag Morgens auf die Folge zum Frühstück.
Heute ausnahmsweise mal bei schönem Wetter und danach ab nach MUC zum spotten ✌
Vielen Dank fürs persönliche Feedback! Liebe Grüße nach Bayern!
Σας καλωσορίζω στην χώρα μας και στην όμορφη Θεσσαλονίκη , την πατρίδα του Μ Αλεξάνδρου , η Θεσσαλονίκη ήταν η αδελφή του , υπέροχο ταξίδι , ικανότατος χειριστής όμορφες εικόνες μπροστά μας , ευχαριστούμε για την επίσκεψη , σας περιμένουμε και στα νησιά μας και στην πατρίδα μου την Κέρκυρα , σας στέλνουμε χαιρετισμούς !
Thanks for watching, the great feedback, the friendly words and the history insights! Best greetings to Corfu!
@@ApproachandDepartureVideos Thank you
Man every Saturday I see the notification and I'm like Yeees!
Thanks for the good feedback! Have a nice Saturday!
Thessaloniki is a wonderful city, that you'll definately enjoy as tourists. I guarantee that as a.... Thessalonician. (I've made hundreds and hundreds of landings in LGTS from good old MS FS98 up till MSFS...). Thanks for the wonderful video!
Thanks for watching and the report from Thessaloniki! Best wishes to Thessaloniki!
I landend on this airport 12times per my young life, when we was travelling to holiday to Leptokaria ... but almost everytime with flying stone IL-62 or TU-154 :D ....
Thanks for watching and for sharing your personal experience! Have a great day!
Es ist Samstag 😊
Zwei Fragen für mich als Sesselflieger. Auf der Anflugkarte sind zwei Decision Heights eingezeichnet, einmal für GA 4% (habt ihr gewählt) und einmal für 2.5%. Das ist die mögliche Steigrate beim Go-Around, oder? Wer schneller steigt, darf später entscheiden?
Zweite Frage, sind das Eurowings-Charts? Auf den Jeppesen Charts ist die DH mit 214 ft angegeben.
Das sind die LIDO charts, die sind hier im europäischen Raum weit verbreitet und nach Jepessen einer der größten Anbieter.
Wir haben vor dem Anflug die Performance für die Landung und einen möglichen Go Around ausgerechnet. Die 4 % waren kein Problem. Sie beziehen sich auf den erforderlichen Steiggradienten im Single Engine Fall. Deshalb konnten wir das niedrigere Minimum verwenden. Bei dem guten Wetter war es natürlich nicht entscheidend, da wir schon sehr früh die Landebahn gesehen haben. Wir benutzen Lido Karten, die von Lufthansa Systems angeboten werden. Am Ende des Videos sind alle von uns verwendeten Karten im Vollformat zu sehen. Jeppesen gibt die MDA oder die DA auf 1 Fuss genau an. Lido rundet hier auf die nâchsten 10 auf. Statt 214 Fuß sind es bei Lido 220 Fuß. Ab CAT 2 ist Lido auch auf 1 Fuß genau.
Awesome videos as always! I got a question ( im very grateful that you are able to answer me) , when you talk about factorized lnd distance the EFB gives you an already factorized ones , o you apply the factor on it? We are talking bout the 1,43 / 0,6 lnd factor right? Thanks in advance and have a good week!
Thanks for watching and your kind words! When we are talking about landing distances in the approach briefing, we talk about the real landing distances, calculated with the actual weight, weather, runway conditions, use of reverse, brakes and other approach details. The Airbus Flysmart landing module calculates the landing distance for us. This is from 50 feet over the threshold until a full stop. Flysmart calculates also a factorized landing distance. This is the calculated landing distance plus a 15 percent margin. For safety reasons, we always make sure that the factorized landing distance is not longer than the available runway length.
And I would like to add (comment #2):
the passage over the city, over the gulf for runway 16 is very beautiful and suggestive. Many thanks.
Thank you for watching and for sharing your personal feedback! Have a nice day!
Not so nice if you live in Kalamaria and have to put up with the noise though...
13:41 Plane passed almost right above from my house. The suburb you see below is called Oraiokastro (beautiful castle).
Thanks for watching and your comment! It looks like that you live in nice area! Have a wonderful day! Greetings to Oraiokastro!
Captain could you explain why you were both talking about “ 3 minutes “ were you early and this is a problem arriving at the gate ? Thank you for another great video
Yes. We were a lttle bit early due to enroute speed instructions by ATC, a short and fast approach and fast taxi in (due to traffic).
I've flown 100 times to Thessaloniki and never landed on rwy 16 directly over Thessaloniki 😂
My experience is similar. I am flying since several years to Thessaloniki. The majority of my landings were on runway 34.
Anoher great video, so much interesting content. Interesting too, how the engines on the Neo's are supposed to be kept running for a period of time after landing. Vielen Dank and bis zum naechsten Mal!
Thanks for watching and your friendly feedback! Alles Gute und noch einen schönen Tag!
Was hatte doch Pilotseye damals für eine tolle Idee.
Cockpit Videos gab es ja auch schon davor. Aber die haben es perfektioniert und immer super Videos gemacht.
Hi Capt, I noticed during approach checklist at 10:16, on Autobrake, you instinctively looked at the Autobrake selector instead of the armed status on PFD FMA.
I thought that was interesting, but either method to check will work I guess?
Hello from SIN/WSSS.
The correct way is to look at the autobrake selector
Thanks for watching and for sharing your observation! We usually check the illuminated light at the autobrake selector. But, in general, the same info is available on the FMA. Greetings to Singapore!
@@hasuuuu Thank you
@@ApproachandDepartureVideos I appreciate the reply!
I think it's also because it's only on the PFD on the A320 NEO, not on the older A320 and A319, which is probably where the habit/training comes from.
Wonderful, wonderful approach up to your usual impeccable standards. I so look forward to Saturday mornings and these videos, it's something of a ritual now. Thank you kindly.
Thanks for watching and the kind words ! Have a nice day!
good morning guys very nice approach i love the views
Thank you very much!
Always a pleasure watching your video captain. Any reason for disconnecting A/P so high up?
Thanks for watching and your question. I wanted full speedbrakes. This is only possible with autopilot off.
@@ApproachandDepartureVideos ohhh interesting. Thank you for answering sir
Another super video, very scenic approach and super professional crew. Thank you for sharing it.
Thanks for watching and your kind words! Have a nice day!
Did you disconnect AP early to get 100% of speedbrakes, or was there another reason?
Yes, because of the speedbrakes. You are correct.
PROTEAS "ΠΡΩΤΕΑΣ" CL-415
Thanks again for the great video. What is the problem, of being too early?
Thanks for watching and the good feedback! Due to the limited capacity, there are coordinated time frames (airport slots) at which we shall arrive at the gate or leave the gate again. We always try to stay in that timeframe as close as possible.
9:53min Hahaha! ;)
We departed out of real bad and rainy weather. So - in comparison - the weather during the approach was wonderful. Also, the weather at Thessaloniki airport was better than forecasted.
Waking up watching my favorite captain 🧑✈️ thanks a lot for sharing👍🏼
Thanks for watching and your kind words!
Loved the video! Curious, at 13:10 when you start the right turn to join the localizer, do you ONLY start the right turn when the MFD has LOC on or is there a predesignated point to start the right turn?
Thanks for watching and your feedback! We were following the flight director and started the turn as the flight director commanded the turn. The FMA showed LOC* in parallel. The intercept started a little less than 1 nautical mile from reaching the centerline of the final approach track. Without the flight director, we would have started the turn at about a mile from the centerline or latest when the localizer starts moving.
@@ApproachandDepartureVideos Perfect, thank you! Once more love the videos and very inspiring.
hey..i can see my house! :-)
Great! You must be living in a nice area!
27:04 the marshaller and his arms were not so happy that you came into stand so slowly😆
Thanks for watching and your observation!
What's the deal with the "earliest on-blocks time" ? I mean if the gate was still blocked or something, ok, but that was not the case. Looks a bit like a waste of time actually, having to taxi super-slow... Are there fines at some airports if you arrive "too early"?
Due to capacity reasons, the airlines have to obtain coordinated arrival and departure times (airport slots). These slots have a +/- 14 minutes window. For a smooth airport operation, operating outside the window has to be avoided whenever possible. I do not know about fines. The worst case would be to loose the airport slot completely after operating too often outside the slot window.
4:51 , shouldn't the readback contain the adjusted altitude aswell?
You are correct. We followed the instruction to descent to FL110 but did not read the FL 110 back. ATC gets a transmission from our transponder which shows the selected altitude in our flight management system. I assume that ATC instead of asking for a verbal confirmation just checked our selected altitude on the radar screen. It happens once in a while that there is something missing in a readback. Especially if lots of different information and instructions are transmitted at the same transmission.
That's an amazing view of Thessaloniki! Well done Approach and Departure Videos.
Thank you very much! Have a great day!
@@ApproachandDepartureVideos you're welcome
Why is the same frequency used by somebody taking water samples from the sea around the airport? That's what I think they're talking about in Greek...
Because they are operating in the airspace which is controlled by Thessaloniki ATC.
what a great video and piloting. thank you Captain for uploading this.
one question: is it bad if you arrive earlier? its a nice thing for us passengers, but it looks like you didnt like it that much, so i guess there must be a reason
Thanks for watching and the kind words! The operation at crowded airports is based on airport slots which are coordinated long before the flight day. Most of the time this is the deparure and arrival time in the passenger ticket. The normal operating window is plus minus 14 minutes to keep the airport traffic in good order. Artiving or departing out of the time frame has to be avoided. Depending on the general traffic amount, some airports monitor the precise adherence to the slots.
@@ApproachandDepartureVideos got it. Thank you for the detailed explanation! Fly safe!
Watching this before heading off to my introductory flight to hopefully start flight training ❤
Great! I wish you all the best and lots of fun during your flight training!
Wie immer ein wirklich tolles Video, freut man sich immer sehr drauf. Die Charts werten die Videos immer nochmal auf und über PFD und ND brauchen wir glaube ich gar nicht reden 😅 - waren Sie zufällig dieses Jahr schon in Split?
Vielen lieben Dank fürs Anschauen und das hilfreiche Feedback! In Split war ich dieses Jahr noch nicht. Einen schönen Tag noch!
Good morning . another great video. I so enjoy your videos. many thanks ..
Thank you so much for watching and your great feedback!
wow what a hard job fair play to pilots thanks for thiss awsome video
Thanks for watching and your kind feedback! Have a nice day!
Best City in world 😍😍😍 today in 4 weeks again there
Thanks for the feedback! I wish you a nice time in Thessaloniki!
Another great video. My favourite channel, I love the style, the video length and the content is a great balance which suits the aviation enthusiast, I am glad you don’t edit it with over the top extra graphics etc!!! 2 questions: when crossing another runway, do you always switch on landing lights and strobe to cross, or only when crossing “active “ runways? And regarding your early arrival and amusing taxi speed! Can you explain why you have an earliest possible arrival time? Can you not check that in cruise and reduce mach a little. Do you need to comment on your post flight report about why you arrived early? I’m just very curious. Many thanks for you me video and especially your time in answering the communities questions, greetings from LSZH.
Thanks for the friendly words! If crossing runways, we switch on the strobes and the taxi and turnoff lights. Sure, we could add landing lights, if we deem it necessary. But usually not. The wind was in favor of an early arrival. So we tried to reduce speed enroute to minimum. But ATC did not want that. Instead we had to fly high speed due to other traffic. The same situation was in the descent and during the first part of taxi-in. The airport slot is coordinated long before the flight day at airports like Thessaloniki for a smooth operation. Due to limited capacity this is needed. We always try to arrive in the +/- 14 minutes window. If we do not make it in that window it counts as arrival out of the slot time. We have to avoid it. But sometimes it is not possible to arrive in the time frame. If we do that too often, we may loose the slot for the flight. Some airports even have fines.
Very interesting question. thanks.
@@ApproachandDepartureVideos Very interesting reply. Thanks.
Hello Captain! I'm a little curious how you can toggle the headphone/loudspeaker mode. What do you need to press probably on the ACP?
There is no possible to switch between headset or loudspeaker audio. The headset audio is on as soon as the headset is plugged in and you can hear the loudspeaker if you turn the volume knob near the loudspeaker to an appropriate level. The ACP is used to switch on or off and regulate the volume of the different audio sources..
@@ApproachandDepartureVideos Ah I see. So basically if you want to use the loudspeaker you just turn on the volume knob on the loudspeaker.
@@LogRol This is correct. And you will hear the same audio as in the headset.
@@ApproachandDepartureVideos I see. Thank you very much 🙂
This captain knows how to fly Airbus... TH-cam is full of videos with pilots adding excessive control
Thanks for watching and the good feedback! I have seen lots of pilots in the simulator and the airplane. Everybody is a little different. Some make more inputs, some less to achieve the same result. Even a pilot may have a day at which he or she does more inputs than usually. What counts at the end is that the airplane is flying vertivally and horizontally on the target track without unneeded oscillations.
@@ApproachandDepartureVideos that's absolutely right and fair. My point was, since Airbus stick control architecture is commanding roll rate and G load (normal law), you're not controlling the flight control surfaces to create a reault: you make an input requesting the result, let it do its thing, monitor and then correct it again. But you're right, no one of us flies the exact same way every day. Thanks for the response and the great videos!
@@athgt6630 I agree 100 %.
Man kann diese Arbeitseinstellung wirklich nur bewundern. Immer auf der Höhe des Geschehens, gleichzeitig alles lieber noch einmal nachfragen und doublechecken. Das zeigt besonders große Souveränität!
Vielen lieben Dank fürs Anschauen und das gute, detaillierte Feedback! Einen schönen Tag noch!
Beautiful approach, amazing video as you always do!
Thanks!
Take-offs and landings are always risky on crossed runways. 16/34 and 10/28 are crossing each other almost on midpoint. So take-offs and landings should always be performed as quick as possible. You are never comfortable there 😆
I like airports with a crosswind runway setup. They give us good takeoff and landing options regardless of the wind direction.
Tower is required to do a very good job to make sure that nothing happens at the intersection. We all have to keep our eyes open and listen to the radio frequency to be aware about what is happening on the crossing runway and the taxiways.
@@ApproachandDepartureVideos Surely, most pilots have a tendency to monitor other dialogues as well to add to critical situational awareness. Always a good idea. 👍
Perfect. Next flight with clear sky's.
Thanks for watching!
Ohhhhhhhhh i can see the curvation of earth FANTASTIC.
Max fuel capacity 26 730 litres ----> on the wings ---< pathetic
Thanks for watching. I believe that the wide angle lens is the cause of the slightly curved picture.
@@ApproachandDepartureVideos i know that why i comment because all videos and images from high altitude are same :)
Great video =)
Thanks!
Great Video as always. Whats the point with arriving early, why is it a problem?
Your assigned gate may still be occupied
@@tomstravels520 well but it isnt and theres ground crew as well but still the Captain is taxiing very slow trying to spend as much time as possible, doesnt sound to be the reason to me tbh
At 20:10 the captain asks the earlies allowed arrival time, so my guess is that they are not allowed to arrive earlier, maybe because the ground staff might not be there yet.
@@dgonL y i saw that and i the explanation makes sense, but however you can see the captain taxiing with 2-3 knots into the stand when you can already see that the ground crew is there. So i was wondering if theres some kind of fee/fine from the airport etc. If it was just for the ground crew, theres no reason to taxi that slow Bit you could still wait at the parking position for them to arrive
Good question! There is a coordinated airport slot. Whenever possible, we have to arrive at the gate in a time frame of the slot time +/- 14 minutes. Here we had to fly faster enroute due to traffic, there was a tailwind, the approach was much shorter than planned and we had to taxi fast due to traffic. So we arrived early at the gare area.
very nice instruments view ! Thank for your video !
Thanks for watching and your feedback! Have a great day!
Nice dive through the clouds and approach over the city!
Thanks for watching and your good feedback!
Auch genial - rauszögern um nicht zu früh am Gate anzukommen? Warum wird das gemacht, stecken da Kosten für die Airline hinter?
Ja - zumindest in MUC muss außerhalb der an die Airlines verkauften Zeitblöcke Strafgebühr gezahlt werden
Es gab einen koordinierten Ankunftsslot für den Flug. Das Zeitfenster für die Ankunft am Gate ist dann plus/minus 14 Minuten. Das konnten wir hier leider nicht einhalten, da wir unterwegs von der Flugsicherung aus Verkehrsgründen angewiesen wurden, etwas schneller zu fliegen. Darüber hinaus gab es einen wesentlich kürzeren Anflug als geplant und wir mussten zunächst sehr zügig rollen. Wir können schlecht kurz vorm Gate stehen bleiben und warten. Grund für die Airport-Slots ist die begrenzte Kapazität des Flughafens.
Wait so why were you concerned that you were there too early? Beautiful approach, and nice job taxiing soooo slooooowly!
Thanks for watching and your great feedback! There is a time frame around the coordinated airport slot in which we have to arrive, whenever possible. We tried to make that time frame. These airport slots are needed for capacity reasons and to allow a smooth airport operation. Tailwinds on the flight, ATC requests for high speed and a very short approach made it difficult for us.
@@ApproachandDepartureVideos Thanks for your reply, captain!
It is interesting to me that the airport wants you to arrive at a certain time, but the AIRPORT ITSELF (ATC) gave you instructions that ran contrary to that goal. Or are the ATC technically not airport employees?
Anyway, its no matter. Thanks again for your response, sir!
@@danmoretti8898 The airport slots are coordinated long before the flight takes place. Usually this are the times in the ticket. This is all based on standard flight times, departures, approaches …. During the flight, the real world with weather, ATC … kicks in. ATC is independent from the airport and has to make sure that the traffic enroute and during the approach is running in good order. Even with all these constraints, most of the time, we arrive or depart at the slot times +/- 14 minutes.
@@ApproachandDepartureVideos ahhh that clarifies things. Thanks for the detailed response!
Gerade erst mit der November Charlie geflogen😍 wie immer sehr gut gemacht!
Vielen Dank fürs Anschauen! Einen schönen Tag noch!
I vote for MCDU instead of pilots frontcamera insert
Thanks for the suggestion. I would love to show the MCDU in addition. But right now, I am unable to record the MCDU during the whole approach or departure. Reason is that the possible camera locations are very limited. I hope to find a solution in the near future. Please stay tuned.
Yes, finally in Thessaloniki 😊😊😊😊
Yes, and a rare approach over the city. Usually, we landed on runway 34 with no city views.
As much as I love aviation, it's hard living near this airport. The local authorities don't care for the noise pollution it causes to the Kalamaria residential area. Planes land following this route all night long! Greece is a third world country and this is one fact that proves it.
I am very sorry to hear that.
It is always difficult to find the right balance between the interest of the people who want to travel from an airport close to the city and the people who are living close to the airport and want to get a good amount of sleep during the night.
Lots of countries, like the USA, weigh the interest of aviation and the flying people very high. They keep their airports 24 hours a day open and say that usually the airport was there first and the people who bought cheap lots near it knew about the fact before they moved to the area.
In Germany, they even close Frankfurt, Munich or Berlin airport at a certain time in the evening and if the airplanes are not in the air, they have to taxi back to the terminal and the passengers have to sleep on emergency beds in the terminal. Regulations like this one together with high taxes and fees drive foreign airlines away from Germany. They reduce then number of flights or close bases completely,
@@ApproachandDepartureVideos being a private pilot myself I do understand that there aren't many things that can be done. But I think that runway 10-28 could be used in many landings instead of 16-34 where the final passes over Kalamaria. All landings should be diverted to 10-28 (when possible of course) during night time. I am talking about planes landing all night long, till morning at low altitude over a densely populated area! At least, traffic over the city during night should be forbidden.
This sounds like a reasonable suggestion! The approach to runway 10 is over water and does not impact any populated areas. My understanding right now is that they use 16-34 usually for landings and 28 for takeoffs. I suggest that you provide your ideas to the airport.
Fantastic energy management on that descent.
Thanks for your great feedback!
Thessaloniki Macedonia Airport
Yes. Correct.
Харе по телефону базарить. Управляй самолетом....
Thanks for watching!
Captain🧑🏻✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️ salute...nice landing ❤❤❤❤
Thanks!
@@ApproachandDepartureVideos welcome captain sir😊😊😊🧑🏻✈️🙏🏻
It passed just above my home! 🎉
Thanks for watching and your feedback! It looks like that you are living in a nice area! Greetings to Thessaloniki!
how do u perform vls check? based on what metrics do u determin final vls speed?
We compare the MCDU VLS with the PFD VLS. If the PFD VLS is higher than the MCDU VLS, we add the difference to the approach speed.
@@ApproachandDepartureVideos Thx for the explanation captain
It doesnt make sense to me the main control stick isnt btwn the pilots legs anymore... so you either fly left or right handed.... what if youre better at flying with your dominant hand...?
Flying with the stick is very similar to flying with a conventional yoke. In both cases, one hand is at the stick and the other at the thrust levers. The Captain has the left hand at the stick and the right hand at the thrust levers. In a conventional aircraft with a yoke, the Captain would have the left hand at the yoke and the right hand at the thrust levers. The opposite is true for the First Officer.
Excellent content from these two guys
Thank you very much!
💞💞✌️
Thanks for watching!
Have you landed at Newcastle International ?
Yes. Several times. A while ago, I recorded a single camera video of the approach.
Here is the link: th-cam.com/video/KHgoDEX7_3E/w-d-xo.html
When I will be scheduled again to Newcastle, I will try to record a new multicamera video. But this may take a while. Have a nice day!
Amazing video as always
Thank you very much!