Originally Posted by
excrab
wiggy - yes that’s exactly what I’m saying, for a cat3a approach A/T and A/P disengaged by 1000 ft Rad alt, and hand flown to a manual landing following the HUD cues for RETARD and flaring by following the steering cue (target circle in the doughnut)....
Ah OK many thanks to you and Chesty for the explanation and also the extra info.
We're (T7) very much automatics in in poor wx, and the full use of the automatics are very much recommended for as long as possible if there's prospect of windshear. As a result I had a
the first time I read about the autopilot disconnect in the report, but can now see why perhaps the crew were "spring loaded" to knocking the automatics out....