Chris Scott
Sorry I meant in manual flight. In a conventional aircraft the pressure felt on the yoke varies with thrust or speed change. That offers you another cue. That is what I meant.
Golden: the thrust/drag couple effect is also felt in the yoke. It is dampened in airbus. Basically it comes from the design of maintaining 1g when stick free.
Bird speed: It is airbus SOP to keep hands on thrust levers during approach. Latest being 1000ft. AGL. SFO pilot was perhaps not following SOPs even in Airbus.
Last edited by vilas; 16th August 2015 at 02:39.