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Old 23rd Jan 2010, 16:40
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Two new products from Honeywell, essentially software upgrades to EGPWS and the Honeywell RAAS system, perhaps would have helped in this situation. Monitors and warns of unstable approach. Also announces "Long Landing" and then advises runway remaining.

Also announces a potential taxiway landing (would have prevented recent ATL taxiway landing).

Honeywell : Runway Safety

recommend watching "overview animation".

I would imagine (having never used the system), that a "third voice" announcing "long landing" and a procedural (AOM) instruction to go around in these circumstances would be an advantage in the high workload environment encountered by these folks.

Also, in over 35 years in this business, I have never received instruction on a go-around after touchdown (sim). Yes, there is some AOM guidance, but practicing in the sim would be invaluable (for you sim guys, just put in a 40K tailwind at 200' and see what happens).
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