Originally Posted by
CVividasku
Hello,
I've been flying airbus single aisle for 3 years now but never any other airliner type.
In the past three days, I've had to go around twice because of the GS mini function of the airbus, or rather its absence on other types.
- We go into a tight sequence at a major airport
- We're 2.5-3nm behind a smaller E170 airplane, with a lot of headwind
- We reduce speed as much as we can but the E170 goes about 130kt (or even less?) while with headwind, our Vapp goes from 140kt to 160kt
- We catch up with the previous airplane and are instructed to go around..
- If every pilot like myself has to perform a go around every three days, the airline might go bust
Which other airplane brands have a function similar to that of airbus ?
I'm particularly interested in the A220, ERJ, Boeing.
Thanks
Perhaps a hasty conclusion. As pointed out you can't be closing in when your GS is constant. Other aircraft use fixed additive to VLS. Let's say winds are 20kt gusting to 30, the the additive will be half wind+full gust= 10+10=20. Vapp with this addition will be flown even if wind drops and you can't reduce below Vapp. That will make you close in on the traffic. GS mini will reduce Vapp if wind drops. So definitely GSmini not at fault. Last, you couldn't have discovered in 3 years what nobody else discovered in 34 years. Could you?