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Old 14th Feb 2018, 11:11
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"From Airbus Safety First July 2011.
These protections include a flap overspeed protection."
That is all the manufacturer says and if you have already brought the thrust levers to climb the protection is assured.
In 2014 Airbus recognised Manual Flying skills were being eroded and introduced a different emphasis during conversion course for A350. http://www.airbus.com/content/dam/co...agazine_18.pdf
Page 31: "In the end, the approach to training
is reversed: pilots are encouraged to
appreciate flying the aircraft manually
and consider automated systems a full
benefit, rather than considering manual
flying a degraded and potentially
challenging configuration."

From FCTM PR-NP-SOP-120 2017

"OVERSPEED WARNING DURING SLATS/FLAPS TRANSITION
Applicable to: ALL
During the Slats/Flaps transition, the flight crew must respect the VMAX displayed on the PFD. The VMAX value displayed on the PFD speed scale is based on the Slats/Flapscontrol lever position.
The OVERSPEED WARNING is based on the actual Slats/Flaps surface position. Therefore, during Slats/Flaps transition, the dynamic acceleration of the airplane may lead to a temporary OVERSPEED WARNING even if the current speed is out of the red and black strip displayed on the PFD. In this situation, there are no operational consequences. The flight crew must report any type of overspeed event.”

The FAA are concerned about degradation of manual flying skills: https://content.govdelivery.com/atta.../SAFO17007.pdf
"Discussion: Manual flight operation is defined here as managing the flight path through manual control of
pitch, bank, yaw and/or thrust.
...
5. Operations in all approved combinations of automation based on aircraft equipage, e.g.,....
• FD on, AP on, AT off."

Reading many of the above comments regarding the reluctance to even consider taking manual thrust control if the acceleration looks "too dynamic" - then I think the FAA are right to be concerned.

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