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Old 27th May 2021, 03:55
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Originally Posted by FlightDetent

Side note, after LOC* the approach phase self-activates.

My last flop was as simple as keeping the FDs on when doing a 90 deg hard avoidance turn having just disconnected the AP for urgency. Just to wait for the PM to select a proper heading target while I banked towards the safe side... error of a bright idea. 😟 The pitch bar with ALT* and A/THR in CLB did the killing.
Did not know it will self activate when in Loc*! Thank you for that.
I don’t understand what went wrong in your situation described above.
you disconnect AP and disregard FDs and start banking. if the FMA was on ALT* The A/THR must have been in SPEED mode and not in CLB thrust anymore??
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