Impending Firm Landing and Salvation-Jet Muti Crew
This discussion is focused on jet landings in a multi-crew environment.
Pilots are trained to use peripheral vision to judge and react accordingly to sink rate. Many pilots use RA callouts too.
On Boeing, some commanders may help with the landing if there is observed to be a lack of the connected control column's movement to commensurate with the sink rate. Some delay the retardation of thrust via the assisted thrust lever to cushion an impending firm landing.
Can such techniques be duplicated or applied on the Airbus? Any strategies for suggestion? Is there a "lag" when the takeover button is initiated? If there is, then anyone who tried the "tap" method? Anyone tried to cushion landing via thrust on the Airbus?
Thanks for the inputs on advance.
ps: I am talking about a stabilized approach with a "senior" partner below 40' RA.
Last edited by titaniumwings; 30th Jan 2015 at 12:27.