BOAC,
Something we can say is that usually 1000 feet AGL is about 3 miles final and one minute from touchdown is also somewhere between 2 and 3 miles final.
But these are criteria for a stabilized approach. Seeing how it all ended up, I have some doubt if that approach was a stabilized one ... What was the speed, what was the altitude, what was the ROD, 10 miles final, 3 miles final ... ?
Just publish the DFDR data, there is enough interest here (not to say knowledge) to think about all that.
Originally Posted by ELAC
The result may be a ropey approach outside of stabilization criteria, a botched one with a g/a, an overtasked PM who misses something that he should have been doing because he's preoccupied with either FCU/MCP inputs being directed by the PF, or perhaps needing to call out exceedances and corrections to the PF, and etc. Those can be considered as extra risks introduced to the system as a result of the policy.
- You are correct in your assessment, but it could be about time to accept those temporary "extra risks" if you want to improve the overall situation in a near future.
- If a crew is not comfortable with its manual flying during an approach, just press again the 2 or 3 buttons to give back the controls to the airplane.