Originally Posted by
MCDU2
We did ATC avoiding action scenarios a few years back in the sim. Our OPS manual now reflects that the AP is to disconnected in order that an increased bank of turn can be achieved. Our airline is all airbus and hence if you left in the AP at high cruising levels then all you would get is a gentle 1g turn. Interestingly enough we were briefed that a number of other airlines across Europe refuse to allow their pilots to disconnect the AP so to plan on an ATC avoiding action event to become a TCAS RA.
That will be really interesting to the controllers.
First - if you do NOT react at once disconnect the AP and make a standard turn you are hazarding your aircraft and the other aircraft and the passengers on both. But they use the AP to keep their management happy?
Second - If a controller has an aircraft report a TCAS RA while under their control they are removed from their position, have one way interviews with the supervisors and management. This is a career threatening event. All because the flight crew had a management directive to never fly manually?
Looks like managements should justify their case in writing to their passengers.