Originally Posted by
neilki
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well I stand corrected; but this is inconsistent with other parts of the FCOM.. surely once disconnected it needs to be ‘reconnected’ why do they say disconnected, not armed.. because it will arm once TOGA is selected...?
It’s not inconsistent. Poorly worded, perhaps. Alpha floor is available as long as AT is
available. So even though you’ve disconnected it, the alpha floor function is still passively lurking in the background, ready to activate, as it did in this incident.
Had they
disabled the autothrust, Alpha floor would not have been available. Makes sense?
Om the topic of using the FCU push button to disconnect, I haven’t read anything to suggest there’s anything inherently dangerous in doing that. You’ll just get THR LOCKED. I understand why they’d consider it non standard.