Circle to land, circling, circling approaches, etc..
Looking at Boeing and Airbus's procedures for a circle to land.
Boeing - Landing flaps while leaving downwind leg? Disconnect autopilot and autothrottle when intercepting the landing profile on finals!
Airbus - Gear and Full flaps just prior to turning finals?
Am I right? (Please correct me.)
Now....Isn't it a bit late?
When do you disconnect the autopilot? It's supposed to be visual! Do you need to fly it manually (to get a full 30 degree bank)?
Won't there be a distraction to the pilot flying to make these configuration changes, and then ask him to verify the landing checks below a 1000ft (400-500?) in marginal weather? eek: (ok, airbus has ECAM):
What about his inner ear with the head movement?
Please consider aircraft limiting conditions - Max landing weight, high temperatures and high pressure altitudes (high TAS).
Is it possible to have 'one' procedure with config stages, for both types of aircraft?
Just curious what the world does!
Ta.