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Old 12th Jun 2010, 10:11
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Citation2
 
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I have noticed that the A320 flies very bad in tail wind . A321 flies much better in that condition and is more stable.

As for the 320 with a Tail wind adding few knots to your Vapp will help the aircraft fly better , you would have more lift and better control for the flare .
In Leaving the Vapp "incorrected " and retarding at the Retard call will definitely result in a positive or sometimes a high g landing.



Now If you see that the aircraft starts sinking and that controls are sluggish and not really responsive . The only way to recover is :

Disconnect the Auto thrust in the "wrong way " . I mean Leave the Thrust lever in Climb and Disconnect the Auto-trust using the instinctive red button and then immediately Retard.
By doing so , Thrust would start to increase on its way to Climb thrust and stop the pitch down moment , then immediately followed by retard .

So these 2 actions are almost done in the same time: disconnect Auto thrust and Retard "

Excuse me Captain "fly indigo" but retarding when your aircraft starts sinking is poor airmanship and this could lead to a tail strike and high G landings

What I have just described above , is not an airbus procedure but common sense is not written in the FCOM.

A 737 pilot would simply increase the thrust when his aircraft starts sinking during the flare so airbus pilots should not forget basic jet flying skills.
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