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Old 27th Apr 2011, 13:23
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A37575
 
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I see it in the simulator a hundred times a year -excess speed well beyond Vref all the way down on final and to touch down. Call it lazy flying if you like. If simulator instructors could allow practice on minimum legal length runways, I am sure pilots would strive for more accurate speeds and touch down points. In turn this would enourage good habits to be used on longer runways.

Boeing advise Vref plus five knots as minimum approach speed. The FCTM also recommends bleeding off excess headwind component additives (except for gust factor) before touch down. But rarely does this occur during recurrent training in the simulator. Too many pilots consider Vref as a dangerously low airspeed and therefore prefer to carry excess speed than dare to cross the threshold at Vref. On a slippery runway any excess airspeed coupled with unwanted float, is bound to extend the landing roll with sometimes disasterous consequences.
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