Thereafter he followed the bars, which were still in LAND mode, or LOC GS, and the pilot pitched down,
going to terrain.
See this is what I don't understand - when I go-around I want to go UP and I ensure the machine does
so, whatever the wx and whatever the circumstance. FLY THE DAMN AEROPLANE! has - and always will
be - Emphatic Survival Rule #1. If the FDs say something else and are an annoyance then bugger 'em
- I turn them off and fly the basic combination of attitude power speed and navigation.
In short...Firewall throttles - pull back - get a climb rate - get that gear up - clean up when clear of the
hills and safe to do so (crew workload, airspace, etc). Just because you've plugged 1500ft AGL into the
box as your end of 2nd segment doesn't mean you roboticly shove the nose down and slam into some
thing or someone. Those who fly around the back boondocks of China will know what I'm talking about.
FDs are TOOLS - and very useful ones at that - not gods. In fact I see through them a lot to make sure
they're not bull!!!!ting me - I was trained to do this well on the DC9 back in the days of the old laggy
FD108s. It still holds true for every aeroplane including Airbi.
320 FCOM advises attitudes to fly without FD (EFATO, WS etc). Its primarily what I initially target, fine
tune then confirm with FD.
I can't help but think over the years that good pilotage has to be reinvented every 10 years or so. No
doubt other readers are also aware the primary causes of it.
It would be interesting to know if these simulator go-around exercises were conducted using the flight
director or were they done with the crews flying raw data?
I'm pushing our Training Dept to train our kids using sole raw data at the Basic level and introduce the
AP/FD/AT later in their sim training. The experimental first batch went well and the children took to it
like a duck to water! Our current sim renewals are raw data approaches and go-arounds for ILS & NPAs
(with AT), for both AEO and EO, Capts and Senior FOs. Juniors get the FD for NPAs only. AT off is used
and practised in the LOFT component.
...stormed off the airplane because it wasn't her fault the FD stuck, unbelievable.
Bubbers44 - I can certainly believe it. One kid decided to follow his FD into a hill because he screwed
up the crossing restrictions in the box. I let him go so he could realise and correct his mistake. When
I finally spoke up he said everything's fine because the GPWS hasn't yelled anything!
PS apologies if I've echoed and essentially repeated other posters' statements.