3-10,
thanks for your description of the idea of "gateways",
Originally Posted by 3Ten
Introducing another RED WARNING in this stage of flight is probbably a bad strategy, considering that it's procedural to overlook temporarily the warnings, below 400 feet AGL, and postpone actions untill the landing is acomplished. So this so much discussed warning, would probably be overlooked for a few seconds, after touchdown, untill the a/c was controlled, so it would miss it's objective, both pilots attention could easily be "distracted" by the task of the landing itself. These few seconds are a lot of time in a landing.
I don't know about procedures at different airlines, but in the FCOM a Level 3 Warning, such as the warning we're talking about (including CRC, Master WARN light and Red ECAM text), means:
Originally Posted by A320 FCOM 1.31.10, P2
Red Warning : The configuration, or failure requires immediate action :
- Aircraft in dangerous configuration, or limit flight conditions (eg: stall, o/speed)
- System failure altering flight safety (eg: Eng fire, excess cabin alt)
Unlike Level 2 "Amber Caution", where action should be taken as soon as time and situation permit.
Other pilots have agreed that they think another Red Warning in this case is a bad idea, but is it really because they tend to be deferred? Maybe the FCOM needs some serious rewriting, then.
Bernd