The Panic Button
Something on your PFD or ECAM you don't understand? Type exactly what you see — FMA modes, ECAM warnings and memos, or any acronym — and breathe.
Covers the messages sim pilots most commonly meet — 160 entries and growing weekly. The complete airline manual runs to many hundreds; if yours isn't here, the box below gets it added.
Try: LVR CLB · ALT CRZ · DIRECT LAW · TOGA
The rule that beats panic
Read the FMA left to right: thrust · vertical · lateral · approach · autopilot status. The aircraft always announces what it's doing — column by column. Once you can read that strip, the A320 has no secrets. Full walkthrough in the book.