Originally Posted by GA Driver
Thats a wind up right?? You wouldn't wanna do that in a heavy 321 or 320 for that matter.
The speed brakes retract at a slower rate at high speeds which makes getting rid of them even tricker if the whole thing is botched up.
Since this wee mishap, the SOP has changed to speed brakes 'as required'
or do whats in
your FCOM SOPs not whats written on the internet.
My airbus SOP says keep the AP ON, Speedbrake.
Of course in a climb with the AT targeting a CLB N1 target, not speed, something must be done about the THR; ALT would put it into SPD mode and reduce it nicely, speedbrake as required.