So far there's speculation over...
- if there's a reason the wind additive might be different than another manufacturer specifies
- whether good airmanship implies you can select Vapp
- design engineers being smarter than line pilots
- maybe some other things I missed
... but still no word on simply whether SOP allows for selecting Vapp. I'd have thought a matter like this would be very straightforward... pretty much yes/no with a manual reference?
As an aside,
Originally Posted by
Uplinker
... supposedly FBW B777 still has pitch trim pickle switches.
FBW doesn't necessarily mean FBW with the control law that Airbus uses.