A320 overweight landing

[Bruce Waddington]

Hi Slasher,

Good question !

I 'suspect' (read don't know for sure) that the reason for only giving you Slat 1 in Config 1 on the approach is that you can extend the slats 15 kts sooner on a 319/320 and 10 kts sooner on the 321 than if the Config 1 selection gave you 1+F.

And of course this drops the Vls and lets you get the speedbrakes out sooner if you need them. :-))

best regards,

Bruce Waddington

edited to remove superfluous stuff