Originally Posted by
Jack330
This is an old interesting post concerning the approach in question:
"useless fci’s and improper procedures".
Say what you will about the FCI's, however, your comment regarding 'improper procedures' is not correct. The FCOM procedures used were pure manufacturer FCOM. That doesn't necessarily make them the best possible way of doing things, however they are not 'improper'
. They are Airbus factory FCOM. If you don't believe me, look in the A380 AFM & factory FCOM, available online from a variety of sources.
For example, the previous ILS glideslope 'intercept from above' procedure of setting FCU altitude 'above' is pure Airbus factory FCOM. Recently changed by operator to set 'below' (similar to Boeing factory FCOM) that is a way of doing intercept from above on ILS that avoids flying into the ground in V/S.