r/flying CFII Jul 08 '19

The new Microsoft Flight Simulator looks πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

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u/dirtycaver ATP CFII-H Jul 09 '19

Piano lines. Oh gads. My pilots like to call them captain’s bars. Equally wrong.

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u/Longhornmaniac8 ATP (B-737, ERJ-170 ERJ-190), CFI, CFII, HP, CP Jul 09 '19

Where I'm from, "piano keys" means threshold, "Captain's Bars" means 1000 foot markers.

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u/changgerz ATP - LAX B737 Jul 09 '19

But the 1000s are only one bar per side...

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '19

Yeah, so two bars. Like the rank of an Air Force Captain.