Step by Step Guide

A318/319/320/321
Profesional
Step-By-Step Tutorial
Vol
6
06-01- 61
11. Dezember 2018
Deceleration Point
183.
• LOC Alive: During the final turn the localizer becomes “alive” and this will be confirmed by a PM
call “LOCALIZER ALIVE”. The conditions for this call are: The angle to the runway must be smaller
than 90 ° and the Approach, Landing as well as BaroCheck are not active.
184.
APPR Button: Before passing ILL10 press the APPR button on the FCU and once LOC* indicates press
AP2 to engage the second autopilot.
185.
LOC Capture: The “capture” will be confirmed i.e. lateral path has been caught. Please note: If you
are pushing the APPR button too early (before turning to NI17/NI122) it might happen that the plane
captures the localizer in the wrong direction. Please see also chapter 10.4 for details. First the lateral
path will be caught (LOC* or LOC displayed on the PFD - FMA)
LOC captured
186.
Green Dot Speed / CLEAN: After initiating the APPR Phase (#242) automatically the MCDU reduces
the speed to “Green Dot Speed”. But if the plane is already on the glideslope it is not going to change
its pitch to reduce to “Green Dot Speed”.
187.
Flaps: During the approach the flaps will be slowly step by step extended from 1 (after reaching
“Green Dot Speed”) to FULL based on aircraft speed – The flaps will be extended to 1 at least
automatically 10 NM before the runway threshold if IAS is below VFE.
188.
S Speed: After the flaps are deployed by the Copilot to 1 the MCDU automatically reduces the speed
to S-Speed. If the plane does not slow down to S-Speed then just use the speed brakes until S-Speed
is reached.
Deceleration Pseudo Waypoint