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Old 11th Aug 2009, 15:58
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Henry VIII
 
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To perform a CDA does not mean to land at idle thrust.
Each company has an altitude gate at which acft MUST be stabilized accordingly to different wx environment. And one of the stabilizing parameter to be respected is thrust out of idle.
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