JetX, that was a good spray but largely misguided. Sheppey never suggested hand-flying in a thunderstorm with one engine out on limited panel with jammed asymmetric flaps on a circling approach so he could keep current.
As for
I believe the crew did the right thing, trapped the error & managed it.
I'm not sure that the outcome would indicate that. They saved the day but seem to have got caught out to a certain extent (as I have been too).
Originally Posted by Rad Alt Alive
The old queues were there; MCDU showing 5nm to lose nearly 2200' and visual confirmation at SHEED that we were high.
They are the cues present for all Sheed arrivals; you have to be "high" at Sheed. The problem has the incorrectly entered altitude for the "finals" waypoint, and apart from the Active Plan altitudes in the box, nothing would be out of the ordinary until after passing Sheed, then down she goes.
Shlong Hauler, well said.
