[jhb] Re: IVAO

  • From: "Peter Dodds" <pdodds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:34 +0100 (BST)

> To be fair though it
> would have been more proper for me to drop you to 2400ft because 
> I'll bet
> you started descending on the GP before becoming Loc established. 
> Whilst not
> wrong in any operational sense we know it doesn't feel right doing 
> it that
> way so we always aim to get you on the centreline first to settle 
> down
> before the drop starts.
Funnily enough I hadn't.  I descended to 2900 feet as I entered the zone
as instructed and stayed there until I was established on the ILS at
which point the glideslope needle was showing me only a tad high. Bang in
the APP key on the AP and it captured GS and localiser immediately.

Peter

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