tdracer
On final Approach hands should be on Thrust levers that's because pilots may not have to search for them when they are desparately needed and not because of anything else.That's not the cause of SFO. Any approach in any aircraft is doomed if no one is going to look at the speed at all. In Bangalore A320 was the same problem. Every few seconds the eyes must glance at the speed. That's what must be drilled and not so much the hand position. In a fully serviceable aircraft in VMC, flying 26kts(Bangalore) or 31kts below Vapp(SFO) is simply unacceptable. The pilots had lost the basic scan. In both the cases they didn't even check ATHR modes. How can You trust automation without even checking that it's in appropriate mode? The systems worked as designed but the pilots didn't fly as they were supposed to.
Last edited by vilas; 7th Jul 2021 at 07:09.