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Old 31st Oct 2017, 11:59
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Does anyone with Airbus 320 experience know what the minimum altitude for autopilot use (AFM limitation) is on this type of approach (non precision) for the A320?

An earlier poster said MDA -50'. I think. I doubt this was similar to the Air Inter Strasbourg crash. That was a mix up between FPA & V/S. There was a huge difference between FPA 3degrees & 3000fpm. In this case they were only a few feet too low, but enough.

I read that AC was threatening to sue Airbus for designing a system that did not bring the aircraft to the threshold as advertised. After reading the report that seems a stretch as to where blame should lie.
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