Originally Posted by OK465
The guidance to not change configuration is a one-size-fits-all, current best practices remedy to prevent potential misjudged aggravation of any windshear situation, but I don't think anyone would ever claim that there are not isolated instances where a change of configuration might improve end game flight margins. Staunch procedural guys can gasp and tsk-tsk all they want here
True, but currently the only technology available to identify such cases is hindsight. Might change with lidars coupled to performance computers but the time passing between Ueberlingen and TCAS 7.1 gives me no reason to be optimistic.