Centaurus
Keep barking up that tree!
I've flown the aircraft involved in the crash and I don't believe it was originally kitted out with the Flight Director upgrade that has them automatically reinstated on go around.
Somato gravic illusion, PFD speed tape confusion, an inability to confidently reinstate automatics after taking them out to correct an 'ugly' approach and a nose low TOGA go around due poor IF skills- can be a problem combined and I suspect are, the very reason Airbus modified the FD's in the first.
I have seen it twice. I have also watched the GF crash in QAR style presentation and suspect similar.
Can anybody confirm if the aircraft had the CPIP Flight Director upgrade post-Ansett?
Last edited by Gnadenburg; 9th May 2006 at 15:34.