Dan, get your V speeds from the panel, that will make it a lot easier. You should be flying final approach on the appr speed, then touching down at Vref. I find flying with a focused speed in mind works perfect, and since that will give you the correct head up angle it should make it fly better. Secondly, remember to add more thrust during the corner, it is rather tight! Thirdly, again with speed - remember that the tighter the turn, the bigger the AOA, so more thrust is needed to follow it. Don't feel it is wrong to come into the corner faster than Appr, it is done, and it may help, you can correct the speed before the threshold, as i would imagine you would be closer to the speed at the end of the corner this way. Remember, approach AOA is 2.5 degree, Flare is 5-6 degree at 30foot, do whatever with your thrust to try and land on Vref, but I have been told to aim to land at Vref+1, as the last 1 knot is often lost quickly.As far as I know, the start of the final turn at madeira is at 850feet (ish), and the end is 460feet, so try and aim for those speeds.Hope my rambling helped!

My suggestion is to go back to an airport with about 13000' of runway and an ILS and fly the approach with the glidescope locked to the ILS, but the auto pilot turned off.In other words, if this is the first time you're going to do it without the auto pilot, at least go somewhere with an ILS. I think that will help you a lot.My other suggestion would be to start with a smaller aircraft. Like someone else here said, all air planes follow the same basic principles. So, maybe you should learn on a c172 or something. If you did about 10 touch and go's with a 172, I bet you could go back to the A320 and land her on the first try without breaking a sweat. But hey, it's just a game, so do whatever is fun for you! Eventually, you will get the hang of it even if you start off in that lovely airbus (my personal fav btw). So keep trying and don't quit.good luck

Congratulations for having been able to land in Madeira! Not all real life pilots are allowed to do it, as they are required to have a special certification.I have landed twice (as a passenger!) in Madeira, and at both times it was a smooth landing.For those who are not aware of the difficulty in landing in Madeira, I can tell that the difficulty comes from the fact that due to the usual wind direction, a head-on landing is not possible. For the other direction, the standard approach is made on a curve, to avoid the nearby terrain. For night approaches the pilots have the help of approach lights showing that curve.Nowadays the runway is sufficiently long to allow you a long landing. When I landed in Madeira the runway was much shorter and the landing had to be carefully made in order to not waste any runway!By the way: what is, in your opinion, the best panel for the A320? I have the ifdg version, but I do not like the panel I have.Regards,

Hi,Although it pains me the say it, the PSS is the best A320 panel, IMHO.Dan.