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Old 14th Aug 2015, 04:17
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7478ti
 
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Pilots still move between types...

With all due respect sir, pilots still routinely need to move between types, and they deserve to know the truth about what they're seeing, and why. That knowledge void, and those kinds of HF interface differences, was a main cause of the A300 accident at Nagoya decades ago, and that directly led to the 1996 FAA/Industry HF team Report (see below).

On 26 April 1994, the Airbus A300B4-622R was completing a routine flight and approach, when, just before landing at Nagoya Airport, the First Officer inadvertently pressed the Takeoff/Go-around button (also known as a TO/GA) which raises the throttle position to the same as take offs and go-arounds.

"The Interfaces Between Flightcrews and Modern Flight Deck Systems"
June 18, 1996
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