Originally Posted by
wiggy
excrab made this comment in #38 :
"there was one reason for flydubai having the HUD. It wasn’t to make the operation safer or give the captain increased situational awareness, it was because it was cheaper than keeping the autopilots certified for dual-channel approaches and auto land."
Not enough for me. The -3/4/500 had no dual autopilot neither HUD and was CATIIIA. The question stands, what kind of assessment yielded the result, not to use a certified AP/AT for LVP.
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misd-agin: The present wording on AB, formally interpreted, now instructs the crew to immediately reduce to CLB thrust.
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The report raises an issue with force-on-yoke vs. trim technique, saying (my wording)
to the investigators it was not a new find ... applicable to A/C with movable horizontal stabiliser. Massive truth, and also the note about trim rocker switch being prone to cognitive lock (and alternative technical solutions).