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Old 1st Mar 2009, 00:05
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HarryMann
 
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Well what I thought was a particularly pertinent observation to this accident and the discussion seems to have removed.... maybe there's another place it?

Sorry, but I maybe mislead you into thinking I was talking from a confused pilot's perspective?

I was in fact trying to say that if there are few if any PPRuNers who agree without a multitude of qualifying statements and a multitude of subsequent corrections from others on one or two basic let down and G/S intercept setups for this 738 for this runway, time and met then to an outsider it looks like flight automation systems are in need of a serious rethink - the fact that tweaks (and even cheats) are necessary (forgetting variations in Boeing recommendations and airline SOPs) to get the level of protections expected combined with a reliable intercept and stability on the slope - surely throws up a much wider, global question about systems complexity and understanding in todays cockpits?
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