teamilkand sugar wrote
'A whole bunch of things happen at 80kts...(Boeings anyway)
1. Incapacitation check
2. Instrument x-check
3. Stopping for "any abnormality" has ended, and we now only stop for more serious things...
4. Master caution and master warning "attention getters" (lights and aurals) now inhibited
5. The autothrottle system disengages from the throttle servo gears and so cannot move a thrust lever until new selction on Thrust management coputer (earlier versions, or MCP on later models)'
ok...now I am talking about item 4...now, that aint right, not at 80 for warnings
further, to reflect on the thread itself, I sugested early that maybe BA had a call of 'hold' to respond to the 80kt call ... but I guess you just dont respond at all...does seem strange, but hey, whatever rings BA's bells