Originally Posted by
Dream Land
Background, failed a chap on a line check (I was being observed by FAA) due to landing unspooled. He had been high on the profile the entire approach and chose to correct his position close to the airport, flare and touchdown good. The aircraft is the A320, my question is whether in your opinion this was a valid reason to have him repeat the check considering everything else was fine and considering the way the Airbus is certified (all automatics in). Thoughts and ideas appreciated from the talented group here. 
D.L.
That would be a bust at my airline also. Our policy requires the approach to be flown with the engines at a power setting that will assure a "positive response" from them, if needed. Being totally unspooled would, therefore, be against that policy. In fact, we're not supposed to unspool until 50' AGL.