Originally Posted by
flame_bringer
that means the aircraft is not controlled automaticly in the vertical profile by the FMC you still have to turn the knob to control it , which contradicts with the term ( managed ) because as far as i know in the managed mode the pilot doesnt touch anything everything is done by the FMC .
thats so confusing
What's confusing you is that the 320 will not START it's own managed descent, but it will CONTINUE it on its own. That is to say, you do have to push the ALT knob for things to start happening. This is different from Boeing, EMBRAER (and others) that will actually start their own VNAV descent without pilot intervention, provided said descent is programmed properly.