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Old 19th Apr 2010, 03:21
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CONF iture touched the main point most are missing, it is not Auto Thrust or the tailwind that caused this incident/accident; it is the improper reduction of the Thrust Levers to IDLE, the Auto Trust worked as advertised; it increase power trying to maintain VAPP and that plus the fact that the Thrust Levers were still in the CLIMB Detent caused the big bounce. Proper and timely retarding the Levers to IDLE would have minimized the bounce. Of course the handling of the Side-Stick by the PF is also at fault; the landing on FBW is not a flare, but a change of attitude and let the aircraft settle. The aircraft is designed for positive landings, not pilot pride greesers. There is also a very good document by Airbus on Bounce Recovery, should be standard reading for all FBW Pilots.

As mentioned before, RETARD is a remainder that the Thrust Levers should have been retarded by then, NOT an order for the Pilot to wait for.

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