* Pushing for managed descent if you've missed the TOD results in an alarming dive towards the barber pole at 0.79 and above. Use open descent instead.
* Forgetting to activate the approach phase and pushing for managed speed. Generally you've just taken flap one and the aircraft then applies full thrust as 250kts becomes the speed target. There's those that have, and those that will...
* Speed brake with flap one in a 319 upsets the auto thrust and it'll settle about 10 kts fast. Airbus deny emphatically that this happens.
* In an automatic go around, ram the thrust levers to the stops. Even fractionally short will require a change of underwear as you fly the ILS at TOGA power.
Many more where these came from.
Last edited by David Horn; 17th Oct 2012 at 18:49.