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Originally Posted by Dmcontent
Just also found out from an a320 pilot that he dial down the altitude instead of emergency descent because dialing down the airplane will descend and give warnings on its way but will do nothing.
The other way around the a320 has a alpha protection that may avoid terrain pulling up by itself.
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that makes sense...
hard to put in extra security - you need to be able to program the altitude that low for approach and the plane cannot know if after the descend there is a mountain or not...