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Aircraft Energy Management during Approach (pdf)(474kb)(AIRBUS)  Inability to assess or manage the aircraft energy level during the approach often is cited as a causal factor in unstabilized approaches.  Either a deficit of energy (being low and/or slow) or an excess of energy (being high and/or fast) may result in approach-and-landing accidents.

Airbus Safety Library http://www.airbus.com/en/corporate/ethics/safety_lib/

Managing Threats and Errors during Approach and Landing (ppt)(2.64MB)(AIRBUS) This presentation provides an overview of the prevention strategies and personal lines-of-defense related to runway overruns. It is intended to enhance the reader's flight safety awareness but it shall not supersede the applicable regulations or airline's operational documentation; should any deviation appear between this presentation and the airline’s AFM / (M)MEL / FCOM / QRH / FCTM, the latter shall prevail at all times.

P-RNAV Information Pack (pdf)(457kb)(EUROCONTROL) P-RNAV is the aircraft and operator approval requirement that is introduced for RNAV procedures in ECAC Terminal Airspace. Terminal Airspace procedures that require P-RNAV approval are designed following common principles which ensure that procedure design and execution are fully compatible. Additional to the minimum performance and functional requirements appropriate for Terminal Airspace RNAV operations, P-RNAV approval includes navigation data integrity requirements and flight crew procedures. In other words, P-RNAV allows Terminal Airspace operations that are consistent in the various ECAC States, based on procedures design principles and aircraft capabilities that meet the requirement. More about P-RNAV http://www.ecacnav.com/PRNAV/

Getting to grips with Category II and III Operations (pdf)(13MB)(AIRBUS)   The brochure's objective is to provide recommendations that satisfy Category II and Category III operational and reliability requirements in order for an airline to obtain operational approval from the presiding operational authorities.

Erroneous Glideslope (pdf)(1.04MB)(BOEING)  All airplanes equipped with instrument landing systems are vulnerable to capturing erroneous glideslope signals. Boeing, the International Civil Aviation Organization, and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration are working together to improve awareness and prevent such errors. Flight crews can help manage the risk by understanding the problem and performing glideslope confidence checks.

Getting to grips with approach-and-Landing Accidents Reduction   (pdf)(3.6MB)(AIRBUS)  1 A Flight Operations View. The brochure provides an overview of the flying techniques and operational aspects involved in approach-and-landing accidents.

Airbus Safety Library http://www.airbus.com/en/corporate/ethics/safety_lib/

Use of VNAV on Conventional NPapps (pdf)(201kb)(OCP)   This paper identifies safety concerns regarding the use of the aircraft modern technology capability of VNAV while flying conventionally designed non-precision approaches.

Aeronautical chart manual and PANS-OPS amendments to support baro-VNAV approaches   (pdf)(326kb)(OCP)   This paper proposes to amend paragraph 34.5 to include a vertical path deviation chart identifying what vertical path angle the flight crew can expect based upon varying altimeter source temperatures.

Non-precision instrument approach procedure design philosophy   (pdf)(1250kb)(OCP)   This paper presents a new concept in developing instrument procedures. As a result of the complete misunderstanding of the development and application of minimum IFR altitudes in instrument procedures, especially non-precision instrument procedures, by the aviation industry at large, it is now necessary to rethink the way non-precision procedures are developed, presented and flown. This paper suggests a solution to this problem.