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Old 14th Dec 2014, 16:41
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Herod

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Airbanda.
When did commercial/public transport stop using QFE
AirUK stopped the use of QFE with the introduction of the Fokker 100 in 1992. Two reasons. Firstly the rate of climb of a jet, which on departure or go-around can easily bust levels without very quick changes in settings. Secondly, on the F100 the electronic flight instruments had one push-button to change from QNH to STD and vice-versa. Using QFE would just add another potential SNAFU into the operation.
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