Question for Airbus Pilots
Reading about the Emirates A340 incident in Melbourne, as well as the Virgin A340 at Heathrow, I started wondering about the Airbus FMC functionality. In both incidents, the crews got their V speeds from an external source. Doesn't the Airbus FMC calculate V speeds for the given takeoff weight, similar to the Boeing FMC?
I realize that the numbers may differ from the performance data by a few knots, but surely it should be good enough for a gross error check.
Full disclosure- I've never flown airplanes from either manufacturer.