26. Flying the ATR

之前講開 ATR點解咁難飛； 佢對pilot skill 比較demanding. 強勁ge situational awareness+precise ge handling+準確ge decision making 開頭training ge時候，邊有咁利害ar~ 因為菲律賓天氣熱；d updraft同downdrift好勁。 咁有次on final, 俾一個updrift push左上去；我都未react得切，downdrift就黎。因為部機無autothrust, 你個instrument scan慢d都會唔stable, 就go around; 咁我幾經辛苦 1000ft前勉強stable番隻機。咁我問Captain, 你想唔想takeover, 點知佢好信我咁講，"如果下下都要Captain takeover, 咁我唔會學到野。如果我incap, 你唔通唔飛？" 佢又啱ge, 咁我就繼續la. (當然佢見到unsafe situation就會takeover la.) 雖然都bounce左兩下，但係真係建立到對自己land隻ATR ge信心。

ATR唔係一隻易 handle ge機；如果你唔sharp, 真係會出事。 IOE Training 嗰時，中間有次我要process d documents, 所以有一個星期無得飛；咁我之前都感覺良好，無咩大問題。 估唔到一個星期無飛，對一個初學者ge影響係咁大。 我做左個我有史以來最positive ge landing. 1.84G. 正常ATR ge flare係： 20ft slowly reduce power, 10ft full idle+slowly pitch up to horizon, 5ft to flare. 太早/太高flare係ATR ge大忌。 咁嗰次就係short final, 又有個downdraft. 我見部機sink得咁快，咁我就早左flare. 一pitch up, airspeed就係咁drop, (就算Captain 幫我加power 都recover 唔到過speed), 跟住就由10ft直轟落條runway度。 1.84G, 好在差小小先到hard landing. 但係又一個lesson learn. 要學識點proactive 咁control隻機；同埋keep a Go Around minded.