A 320 No Flex Indication

[CaptainMongo]

Originally Posted by Goldenrivett

Hi pineteam,


There have been several incidents / accidents where crews really up by not simply setting TOGA during a take off when FLEX had not been inserted.

https://aviation-safety.net/database...?id=20140313-0

Not setting flex was the least of that crews problems.

The crew had the wrong departure runway programmed. The crew recognized it late. The crew should have told tower they were not ready for TO and reaccomplished the before take off checklist. Instead the crew shorcutted SOP, chunked the new runway in, didn't reset V speeds (thus no V speeds on the PFD) didn't set flex and most certainly didn't confirm the departure procedure from the new runway.

As if all that is not enough, the Captain should not have aborted the take off 10 knots above V1.