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Old 14th Jul 2022, 12:00
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AndiKunzi
 
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Originally Posted by AndiKunzi View Post
They used LNAV/VNAV minima and obviously had no GP?
Originally Posted by Jonnyknoxville
😂😂I hope your not in charge of an airliner
Thank you for your educated comment. I fly a Citation Mustang, am single pilot rated and am an IRI and CRI.

An LNAV/VNAV approach using SBAS for GP (not Baro VNAV) will provide you a correct GP regardless of (wrong) altimeter setting.
I assume an A320 today is using SBAS for the GP. If not, you might have corrected me in a less offensive way.
Most modern business jets do use SBAS for GP and for an LPV you don‘t even have a choice.
Baro VNAV is only a back-up for those aircraft and not available at all in some business jets. I consider Baro VNAV to be outdated and much less safe. I assumed that an A320 nowadays is capable of LPV (and, thus, RNP SBAS VNAV).

So for me, if they briefed and flew an LNAV/VNAV (using the SBAS VNAV GP), they would not have arrived at ground level 1 NM before the threshold - unless old avionics using Baro VNAV.
If they flew an LNAV, they should have applied LNAV minima (+ 130 ft here).
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