BA38s engines "Hesitated"
Dear TyroPicard ad airfoilmod,
I newer flew with RR engines, but my P & Ws on a MD-80 once had a very hard time getting up in RPMs with the front end of the engine all iced-up, it first "hesitated" then started to stall, first after three tries and very slow advancement of the throttles it worked normal again. (Eng. Anti-ice was ON)
This was in 1989, the year before my airline got compulsory "Run-ups" (every 10 minutes and always before T/O) also during taxi-in.
The BA38 never came to the point, when the stalls sets in, it "just" hesitated,
so until the AAIB comes up with something better, I hope all airlines will forget all about "total idle descents" (Green Approaches) without taking the "local" weather into consideration.
Oluf