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A320 sidestick question

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Hi,Please, tell me what is for the red button and front lever on side stick that is on A/C Airbus series. Watched on youtube the pilot use the red button a lot during approach phase.Thank you.

- Stan Shar, CYYZ -

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The Red button is the Autopilot disconnect, not sure what you mean by he used it a lot. You only press it once to disconnect, if you hold it down it locks out the other sidestick you will also hear a aurel warning 'Sidestick priority Left/Right' Rob

Rob Prest

 

As Rob says, The Red Button is the autopilot button which (as he points out) is highly unusual that it is ' Used a lot'. I would suspect that what you are seeing on Your Tube is the pilot using the red lever which you would need to depress in order to talk to ATC.

Tristan

 

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