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Old 5th Aug 2014, 10:18
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Just because you get a callout, doesn't mean you have lost SA and shouldn't continue using judgment. If the problem is obvious and you can fix it, then fix it, if not, go around. A glide slope callout at 1200 AGL should get the response "correcting", not "going around". Not that the latter is wrong, just unnecessary on an otherwise stable approach. Likewise a glide slope callout in the flare when landing on a runway with a displaced threshold can be ignored under some circumstances.

Terrain callouts can also be momentary blips in an otherwise good approach. A visual approach into an airfield with high terrain can sometimes trigger EGPWS callouts that aren't "spurious" but are just indicators of minor transgressions.
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