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Old 6th Sep 2013, 19:55
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tubby linton
 
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I would be interested to see the statistics of how many non- precision approaches UPS fly using the Profile mode. As a Vnav mode to be used from Top of descent it is rubbish and Lufthansa when they flew the A306 didn't use it. Most of my colleagues have given up on it as well as a descent tool. The UPS fms is a slighly later iteration of the A306 fms but it is still a long way from the capability seen in fmgc of early A320s. To my mind this approach was flown using Vertical Speed as a descent mode hence the continuous descent from the approach platform height into the terrain.
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