Airbus questions that I cannot resolve!!!!!
Greetings all,
I dont usually turn to forums to solve technical questions about the Airbus however our FCOM’s have been slowly “boeingised” at my airline and as such some information that has been readily available for years is no longer contained in our version and I no longer have older original Airbus copies of FCOM from previous airlines to consult.
Firstly, many of us have noticed that on the A319 following the use of speedbrake during descent, once configured for landing and stable, the autothrust carries 10-15 knots extra speed on top of VAPP. The only way to get back to VAPP is to disengage and reengage the auto-thrust. I am sure in a previous life seeing documentation to this effect however my present company has nothing written about it and I am struggling to find anyone in the training department that even understands what I am talking about. I very rarely fly the A319 as its only a small part of our fleet. Can anyone shed some light on this?
Secondly, my recent sim dealt with windshear as a result of the new upset training syllabus and during our briefing, the instructor mentioned that when receiving a predictive windshear warning it was company policy to turn away from the windshear displayed on the ND. However, I am certain that in several previous companies (many years ago admittedly) the procedure specifically advised not to turn away from a windshear icon on the ND. Can anybody provide some history to this issue, was there or is there still an FCOM recommendation NOT to turn away from a windshear icon on the ND?
Cheers all and thanks for any input