Originally Posted by
NigelOnDraft
Please let us know which airline you fly for, or hopefully none
We can then steer well clear. At the airline in question today, which I might even fly for, we tend, maybe rather unusually, to brief for an approach. Such a brief requires preparation, interaction and check of understanding. Not just select it in the box and watch the aircraft fly it
I am sure you are correct
if there is time. This aircraft appears to have suffered problems with both engines on climb out. That requires a rapid response to the problem not disimilar to the unextinguishable fire drill on take off which is done during the initial Airbus simulator training. I remember it well. The pretakeoff brief is very thorough and covers such eventualities as engine failure and subsequent actions.