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Old 9th Aug 2007, 10:22
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Both reversers out procedure.

For the other human factors specialists considering how procedures are written, presented, interpreted etc...

For one reverser inop:
At landing
Before touchdown: Thrust levers 1 and 2... IDLE
After touchdown: Rev 1 and 2 ... MAX

For both reversers inop apply the following procedure:
Do not select thrust reversers

This is significantly different from saying in the both inop case:
before touchdown bring both thrust levers to idle
After touchdown confirm both levers idle.

Remember those at or near idle cases discussed earlier?

A question for those with A320 manuals to hand:
In the event of a hydraulic system fault when airborne, which has an implication for loss of a thrust reverser, do the procedures make a SPECIFIC reference to how the thrust levers should be handled on landing either within the hydraulic failure operational procedure pages or by reference to the exhaust operational procedures.

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