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Old 6th Aug 2012, 21:58
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syseng68k
 
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The last time we did practice a scenario of UAS at low level,
the initial clue that something was wrong came under the
warning : WINDSHEAR WINDSHEAR WINDSHEAR

My airspeed was getting in the red, which made sense to me
in case of windshear.

As per SOP my call was "WINDSHEAR TOGA" which implies to
follow the FD, not to turn them OFF. That's only when I heard
the instructor word : "eh guys ..." that I took a quick look
at the other PFD and could remember that one of the exercises
for the day was UAS not WINDSHEAR ... The appropriate call was
then only made : "UNRELIABLE SPEED"
So, in the case of UAS, you could get a windshear warning and / or
a stall warning. Neither of which are correct. Wonder what else ?.

In the case of uas, one would think that the warning system would
at least consult the IRU and other available sources to correlate
the data before presenting it to the crew.

I guess that's all ok though, yes ?...
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