Originally Posted by
Capn Bloggs
Settle down. If you read Flight Detent's post closely, he is pointing out that the PAPI leads you to a longer touchdown, past the ILS touchdown point. If you were following the PAPI, you'd probably even touchdown past the certification point (455m in).
In the old days. The current certification numbers (for me at least) are based on touching down at 455m/1490ft in. That extra 500ft might have saved them, eh?
Flight Detent, you need to move your red dot for BUR to a 60ft TCH.
My comment was for all that he posted in this discussion.
What would he do if the landing calculation shows a stopping margin of 10 metres? Land 455 m down the runway because the book tells him to?
I live in the real world where this scenario is not an academic discussion.