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Old 8th Aug 2016, 21:25
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Originally Posted by DaveReidUK
In what respect, and how do you know ?
Among other things in his assertion that it would be the same in Boeing or Airbus airliners. The scenario he describes in particular does not apply to Airbus FBW airliners. In those, a go-around is not initiated by "clicking" a button but by pushing the thrust levers to the forward stop. This will always give full go-around thrust and enable the appropriate autopilot/flight director modes. The computers will never "ignore" the pilots commanding GA thrust, regardless of whether the airplane is in the air or on the ground.
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