The First Step in Stabilizing the Aircraft

Crew need to be able to recognize if the auto pilot is engaged or not. altitude hold, pushed to engage was important as a first step in stabilizing the aircraft because mother earth is not something you want to come into contact with. In those first two steps, we have stopped a descent, and we've stopped a turn,. We've brought the aircraft to wings level, a wings level attitude. The third step is pulling the collective up gently to a setting of eight f l i - that's a cruise power setting. And then there's the collective, which is on the left hand, which controls power, but in this case, we need to insure the aircraft set at the appropriate power

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