CRAB POST 1237
Hi Crab,
I think your comments in post 1237 describe the problem of mixed mode flying extremely well.
With regular practice it is manageable. However, at min speed like Vy, so close to the back ofthe power curve, the margins of safety presented by the complexities of the subsequent "effects of controls" when the vertical mode is on the cyclic, are severly eroded.
It's very hard to understand why a crew of an L2 would put themselves in this position instead of simply leaning forward and engaging the full coupler.
Despite the posters on this site trying to give the impression that this kind of approach is, and should be routine, the reality is that in NS ops, a Localiser only approach to minimums is probably a once or twice in a career event for NS crews.