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Old 18th Sep 2016, 07:36
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FullWings
 
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If we’re talking about learnt behaviours, removing your hand from the TLs at V1 and joining the other one on the yoke (for the eminently sensible reason of trying to avoid a post-V1 reject) is something that could happen during an unintentional touch-and-go. The triggers are there: on the runway and close to or at rotation but the action is inappropriate for the circumstances. If the startle factor is strong, falling back to something that’s done on every flight is more likely than executing a sequence that, at best, has been practiced only a few times over a career in a different environment.

Slightly tangentially, I was observing the other day that ANR headsets have become effective to the point that with some aeroplane/headset combinations you can’t hear the engines at all, so that information channel has been muted or lost. I’ve taken to turning off the ANR function (the 777 has a quiet flight deck to begin with) on takeoff and landing as it almost feels like you’ve gone deaf...
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