MSFS 2024 · Default A320neo · Windows
Fly the A320neo like you know why.
Right Seat Coach runs beside the sim and teaches the A320neo flow by flow. It ticks off each step it sees done in your cockpit, and tells you why.
The lessons are free and need no account.
Lesson 1 replay
OVERHEAD · ELEC
STEP 5 OF 34 · COLD AND DARK TO ENGINE START
Press BAT 1 and BAT 2 (AUTO, OFF light goes out)
Overhead panel, ELEC
- BAT 1waiting · OFF
- BAT 2waiting · OFF
Batteries one and two, auto.
A replay of lesson 1, redrawn for the web and time-compressed; the app's own window looks plainer today. In the app, the ticks come from your sim, and Show me turns the sim's camera to the panel. The voice is AI-generated: the same lines the app speaks.
Pre-launch memo
- LESSONS 1–3WRITTEN
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On the ECAM memo, blue means still to do and green means done. When this memo is all green, we have launched. There is no mailing list: the download appears on this page the day it's ready.
How it works
You fly. The coach monitors.
Airline crews split the work. The pilot flying handles the aircraft; the pilot monitoring reads, checks and calls out. Right Seat Coach takes the monitoring seat, so you can learn the flows on your own. The procedures follow airline practice, simplified for one pilot.
- 80 steps in three lessons
- 45 checked from the sim
- 22 you confirm with Done
- 13 briefings on a system
| You · pilot flying | Right Seat Coach · pilot monitoring |
|---|---|
| Listen | Says the step, where to find it and why |
| Move the switch, lever or knob | Reads the cockpit through SimConnect |
| Keep flying | Ticks the step off once the sim shows it done |
| Confirm what it can't read, like MCDU entries | Waits for your Done |
A step only counts when the aircraft agrees.
The coach talks to the sim through SimConnect, Microsoft's interface for add-ons. A step with a check ticks off only when the condition has held for a full second. If the sim doesn't show something you've done, you can confirm the step yourself after 20 seconds.
“Batteries one and two, auto.”
- BAT 1 ON
- BAT 2 ON
“APU start. Wait for avail.”
- APU speed ≥ 95 %
“Above one hundred feet, autopilot one on.”
- Height above ground ≥ 100 ft
- AP ON
“Gear up.”
- Airborne
- Gear UP
called when vertical speed > 300 ft/min
The reason is the lesson.
Finding a wrong setting at the holding point is far better than finding it at a hundred knots.
If it is not stable here, you go around and try again. A go-around is never a failure.
Each of the 80 steps carries its reason, written to be spoken. Thirteen briefings explain a system before you touch it: the electrical system in thirty seconds, how an Airbus starts its engines, what the sidestick really does, and the two invisible beams of the ILS.
Know a flow already? Switch Explain off and the coach just says the step.
The flight
One real flight, Heathrow to Manchester, in three lessons.
From cold and dark at a Heathrow stand to the runway at Manchester: RSC101, about forty minutes in the air. Built on the published UK procedures: the UMLAT 1F departure off 27R, the ELVOS 1M arrival and the ILS to 23R.
- LESSON 1EGLLStand · cold and dark
- LESSON 227RTake-off
- UMLAT 1FSIDD8 ≥ 3000 · D10 ≥ 4000
- UMLATAT 6000
- CRUISET418 WELIN T420FL180 · not a lesson yet
- LESSON 3ELVOS 1MArrival, below FL100
- QUSHI250 KT
- DAYNE230 KT · FL80
- ILS 23RINN 109.50 · CRS 231
- EGCCManchester
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LESSON 1 · 34 STEPS · 7 BRIEFINGS
Cold and dark to engine start
Power up the aircraft at a Heathrow stand, start the APU, prepare the flight to Manchester and start both engines — and understand what each system does.
Starts At a stand at London Heathrow, cold and dark, parking brake set.
- 11ADIRS: turn IR 1, IR 3 and IR 2 to NAV
- 25BEACON to ON. Check PARK BRK is still ON
- 29ENG 2 MASTER to ON and wait until engine 2 is stable at idle
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LESSON 2 · 23 STEPS · 3 BRIEFINGS
Taxi, takeoff and climb
Configure for take-off at Heathrow, taxi out, take off from 27R with flex thrust and climb to flight level one hundred on the autopilot — and understand how the Airbus flies.
Starts At Heathrow, both engines running, MCDU prepared for runway 27R and the UMLAT 1F departure, parking brake set.
- 04FLAPS lever to 1 (1+F on the ground), as on PERF TAKE OFF
- 16At VR: rotate smoothly to about 15° nose up and follow the flight director
- 17Positive climb: gear UP
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LESSON 3 · 23 STEPS · 3 BRIEFINGS
ILS approach and landing
Prepare the approach into Manchester, fly the ILS to runway 23R on the autopilot, take over for the landing and stop on the runway — and understand what guides you down.
Starts Descending towards Manchester with AP1 engaged on the ELVOS 1M arrival, ILS 23R in the MCDU, below 10,000 ft.
- 04MCDU RAD NAV: check ILS INN 109.50, course 231. Press LS
- 17Flaps 3, then FULL. Check the speed reduces towards VAPP
- 21Around 30 ft: flare gently. When RETARD is called: thrust levers to IDLE. Touch down
INIT
In the cockpit
Everything a good right seat does, except fly.
Show me
Can't find it? Show me turns the sim's cockpit camera to the control for the step you're on.
Callouts
On cue, like a pilot monitoring: the calls the aircraft doesn't make itself.
“One hundred knots” · “Positive climb” · “Seventy knots”
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Undone? It tells you
Fifteen settings have to stay set once their step is done, like the APU bleed, the beacon and the take-off flaps. Switch one off and the coach says so.
“Caution. APU bleed is off again. The engines need it to start.”
Beside the sim
The coach's page sits next to the sim, on the same screen or a second one.
The instructor · subscription
Ask out loud. It knows which switch you're on.
Hold your push-to-talk button and ask. The instructor is an AI voice that knows the lesson, the step you're on and the values the coach reads from the sim, so the answer is about your cockpit, not a manual. It can point the camera at a control, and it moves the lesson on when you're ready.
- Why do we start the APU before the engines?
- The engines are started with compressed air. On the ground, the APU is what gives you that air, and it powers the aircraft while you prepare.
- Is it ready?
- APU speed is ninety-six percent, so yes, it's running. Next we align the ADIRS.
Needs a subscription and a microphone. Minutes count the real length of each conversation. The lessons stay free.
What the instructor reads at that moment · example
STEP 9 OF 34 · CHECKED AUTOMATICALLY
APU STARTpress and wait for AVAIL
- APU speed
- 96 % target ≥ 95 %
- Undone earlier steps
- none
- Next
- ADIRS briefing · ADIRS to NAV
Next on the flight plan
Pricing
Free lessons. Pay only for the instructor.
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Lessons
Free
No account needed.
- All three lessons, every step spoken with its reason
- Show me, callouts and cautions
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Instructor, monthly
€12.99 / month
Billed monthly.
- 60 instructor minutes a month
- Everything in the free lessons
On sale at launch
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Instructor, yearly
€129 / year
Two months free.
- 60 instructor minutes a month
- Everything in the free lessons
On sale at launch
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Top-up
€6.99
One-time, for subscribers.
- 30 more instructor minutes
- Valid for 12 months
On sale at launch
Prices in euros, including VAT. Plan minutes renew every month and don't carry over.
FAQ
Questions
Can I get it yet?
Not yet. Next, every lesson is flown through in the sim, step by step, before the Windows app comes out. There is no date and no mailing list: the download appears on this page the day it's ready. Until then, you can read every step of lesson 1.
What do I need?
A Windows PC with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. Right Seat Coach is a Windows app that runs next to the sim: Windows only, not Xbox or Mac.
Which A320?
The default Airbus A320neo in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. Add-on A320s aren't supported yet.
What is free?
All lessons, with spoken steps, explanations, briefings and Show me. You don't need an account for them. Only the instructor you talk to needs a subscription.
Does it fly the aircraft for me?
No. It reads the aircraft and moves the camera when you ask. You fly, and you set every switch.
What if the coach doesn't see a switch I've set?
Then you can confirm the step yourself after 20 seconds, and the lesson carries on.
Is the instructor a person?
No. The instructor is an AI voice agent. The lesson lines are written in advance and spoken with an AI voice; every clip on this site is one of them.
Is this real flight training?
No. It's for simulation only: airline procedure simplified for one pilot in a simulator. It isn't approved training, and the procedures are not for real aircraft.
Do I need to be online?
For the recorded voice the first time a line plays, and for the instructor. Lines are kept once downloaded; without a connection, a missing line is read with the Windows voice.
How are instructor minutes counted?
By the real length of each conversation with the instructor. Your account page shows the minutes you have left.
How do I sign in?
With your e-mail address. We send you a sign-in link; there is no password. In the app, Sign in opens this website and takes you back to the app when you are done.
Before launch, sign-in is open to invited testers only.
How do I cancel?
On your account page, choose Manage billing.
Start with lesson 1.
All 34 steps from cold and dark to engine start are on this site, each with its reason and a button to hear it. Free, and no account.
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