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Old 11th Jan 2017, 14:46
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That's an interesting comment because, and I may be wrong, but I don't recall any tail strikes on A320's in the UK during the 80's and 90's, but in those days the majority of A320 FO's had at least 1500 hours. I should add that the problem of flying A319, A320 and A321, which I understand require different pitch up angles, and hence the longer A321 is more likely to have a tail strike, especially if the F/O and Captain think there are in a A319

Here is a few questions for A320 pilots:

(a) I seem to recall that the rear section of the A320 in the 80's was not reinforced against tailstrikes, as the software protected such an attitude, am I right or has something changed.

(b) Why is the pitch up for landing, T/O and go around not standardised across the A319, A320 and A321, to the A321 pitch up. I wouldn't imagine it would be significant in performance for a relatively small aircraft operating out of a large airport.

(c) During a go around, would that require pulling the sidestick to the back stop, surely the pilot would select the attitude to the correct nose up attitude for the aircraft variant.

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