STABILIZED APPROACHES, GOOD PRACTICE GUITE 6/12

EXTERNAL PRESSURES

PILOTS

External pressures, especially financial and commercial, increase the risk of continuing with an unstabilised approach (or one that becomes unstabilised)

CONTROLLERS

Just like the pilots, you're also confronted by pressures - especially of timing - when managing the approach sequence. They may make it difficult for the crew to become stabilised. The human risk factor must be considered in the TRM and the joint pilot - controller meeting