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Old October 30th 09, 04:47 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Brian Whatcott
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Default FAA throws pilots under the Airbus

Robert Moore wrote:
D Ramapriya wrote
But the point about LNAV (PROFILE in Airbuses) remains - why had the
A320's FMC not commenced descent from TOD unless these coves had left
open the option of manual initiation?


Ramapriya,...you have no concept of the airway congestion that we have
here in the USofA compared to the Middle East. I don't think that ATC
would even consider having all of those airliners autonomously starting
descent.

BTW, what is a "cove"? My "Webster's" doesn't seem to know either.

Bob Moore



Cove: Old term in the English vernacular standing for 'fellow'
Refer to Wodehouse.

Brian W