pellelil 59 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 On the tutorial flight from EDDF to EGLL the descent started fine, but early in the descent the plane reduced to 208'ish (way before needing to reduce to 250 at 10K). The enclosed screen shot is at +FL130, but at that time it had already been at the deduced speed for some time. I tried to look for the cause of this slow descent speed (being new to Airbus), but did not find the smoking gun !? Please login to display this image. Pelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pellelil 59 Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 Looking at the screen shot ... Did I simply forget pressing "Activate Appr Phase" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deputy Sheriffs Tom A320 4915 Posted July 15, 2018 Deputy Sheriffs Share Posted July 15, 2018 I haven't flown that route for a while anymore, but the airspace around EGLL is full of contraints. ND should have displayed something like that earlier if that was the reason. About the approach phase: usually you don't need to do that manually if your flight path brings you above the "D" (deceleration point), which it does in this case. So by overflying it the approach phase starts automatically. If ATC would direct you somewhere else you might miss the deceleration point and then you have to activate the approach phase manually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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