"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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Phil wrote in
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On Nov 24, 2:07 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

No, you really can;'t abruptly do anything in an Airbus in the flight
mode he would have been in at cruise.


The computer won't let you? What if you need to maneuver abruptly to
avoid a collision?


That's right. It won't let you manuever more thna a given acceleration for
the flight mode you are in,particulaly at high alt due to mahc manuevering
considerations. Can't give you numbers because I'm not flying one at the
moment.


I know basically zero about high altitude flying, what are the
considerations? Does it have a lot to due with being close to the envelope
between flying and stalling in the thin air?