Airbus A320 Maintenance General - Cockpit Presentation

Cockpit Presentation

Various furnishings and equipment are fitted in the cockpit for the comfort, convenience and safety of the occupants - Captain, 1st Officer, 3rd Occupant and 4th Occupant.
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Overhead Panel

Overhead Panel is divided in to two main sections:

- A FWD section including the system panels.

- An AFT section mainly comprising the C/B panel.

Glareshield

The Flight Control Unit (FCU) is located on the glareshield. The "Master Caution" and "Master Warning" lights are also located on the glareshield.

Main Instrument Panel

Two of them are dedicated to ECAM (Electronic Centralized Aircraft Monitoring). The others are two Primary Flight Displays and two Navigation Displays. Stand-by instruments and landing gear controls are also located on the main instrument panel.

Center Pedestal

The main control panels are:

- Thrust levers and Thrust reverser levers, Pitch trim wheels, Engine panel
- Speed brake control, Flaps slats control, Parking brakes control, Rudder trim, Printer, Data loader(MDDU)
- MCDUs, RMPs, ACPs, WXR radar control, ATC, Switching, ECAM control

Side Consoles

Side consoles provide documentation stowage, oxygen masks (Quick Donning Masks) and communication devices.