F speed too low?
Hi all,
I've been flying the A320/321 for a number of years now. On final to XXX the other day I reduced to F speed in CONF 2 (with the gear UP). There was a fair bit of convection and turbulence. The speed dropped below F speed and into VLS. The aurtothrust was miles behind the situation by leaving the engines at idle for what seemed like an eternity. We're not supposed to "phase advance" at our company any more and I was so concerned about how things were panning out that I ended up going around.
I've always thought that F speed is too low. It tends to result in very high pitch attitudes which when combined with turbulence and slow autothrust seem to make some approaches quite exciting!
I'm interested in the thoughts of any other bus drivers.
Cheer's