Surely being equipped with EGPWS negates about 80% of the debate in this thread?
"Yellow represents a cautionary alert 60-seconds prior to the predicted time of impact and is accompanied by a "caution terrain" aural message. And red indicates terrain that the aircraft could impact within 30 seconds; it is accompanied by an aural "terrain, terrain, pull up"
Given at worst case you have 30 seconds until terrain contact, the Airbus FBW protections will have no impact on clearance of terrain? Or is that too simplistic a view for some on here?
Atreyu
