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Old 4th Nov 2010, 12:09
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sharpclassic
 
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Category I approach.... in fog, visibility of 3000 meters... scattered cloud ceiling 200 and broken cloud ceiling 300 feet
Now, is it just me, or is this really NOT the time to do a no autopilot and no autothrust approach?!

Automation is there to reduce workload in situations like this, not to increase it as seemed to happen in this case.

Leave the automatics in and if at DH you're not visual, slam the thrust levers all the way forward, get the gear and flap up and the aircraft will pretty much do the go-around for you.... leaving you as the pilot the capacity to monitor what is going on.

Complete loss of situational awareness caused by a totally unnecessary increase in work load.
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