Approach and Landing Accident Data
Gerry Joering (Gerry_Joering_at_CompuServe.COM)
Sun, 10 May 1998 15:43:29 -0400
My experience is that it's the second large correction that leads to
trouble. In other words small corrections and smooth flying get good
results most of the time. When you get distracted just enough that you
feel the need for a larger correction it becomes far more likely that an
over correction will occur. Trying to lead someone else through MCP
setting changes introduces the time delay that Vince talks about and really
sets you up for large deviations. There is a time for automation and there
is time to fly the airplane. I have seen very few people successfully fly
non precision approaches with fully coupled systems. Having the pilot
monitoring replace George at low altitudes can get interesting real fast.
Gerry