Capt.Doug wrote:

4 days. I popped into the A-330/340 simulator next door and it looked almost
exactly the same inside. To change from the -330 to the -340, the sim tech
pulls the 2 lever 'throttle' quandrant, plugs in a 4 lever quadrant, and
reboots. Airbus people tell me that the A-380 will be similar.


Some minor changes in the A-380 flight deck layout, from the pics I've
seen. The pitch trim wheel wouldn't flank the throttle and would
instead be a pickle-switch in the joystick. There's also a gray,
soap-like mouse wheel just below the FMGS console. I suspect that the
FMGS itself would also be a whole new animal inside familiar exteriors.

I saw the A-380 here in Dubai the other day and couldn't help feeling
that with its dihedral, it'd be quite a task trying to roll it with any
alacrity if used as a cargo aircraft. Or would that not be a problem?

Ramapriya