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Old 22nd Jun 2014, 05:13
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JammedStab
 
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Originally Posted by bigduke6
Correct, depending on rate of decent/climb, you may pass through the desired altitude by a few hundred feet and then return to it.
But........it says not to do this while in VNAV. Is there any reason that an overshoot of altitude is less likely when in FLCH. In fact, it might be more likely when descending as FLCH has a tendency to be with throttles closed and therefore, a higher rate of descent.

So why not allowed in VNAV but allowed in V/S and FLCH?
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