From: Dave Rodgers To: "Jeffrey E." <[email protected]> Subject: Re: St. Thomas Approach and Landing Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 21:23:12 +0000 Thanks for your input. We will improve on the muscle memory with more practice. On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 3:56 PM, jeffrey E. <jeevacation®gmail.com> wrote: thank you, I m very aware of the bad wind. the issue is familiarity with the engines not on auto. . without the muscle memory you are likely to over or under shoot. more power i agree is better. I have no idea how the auto throttles would work even in a bbj on auto land in that crazy wind. i appreciate the willingess to inprove On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 4:24 PM, Dave Rodgers < wrote: Hi Jeffrey, Your suggestion about more stick time in the simulator is well received, and we will try to get that accomplished next week if the simulator is available. There are very few times during our simulator training that the Autothrottle is ever disengaged. These few times are while practicing Steep Turns, Stalls, Emergency Descents, Jet Upset, Engine Failure, Windshear Escape Maneuvers and during some Missed Approaches. When we hand fly approaches in the simulator without the Autopilot engaged, the Autothrottle is engaged. It's very rare under normal procedures in the simulator that the Autothrottle is disengaged. The Autothrottle is very slow to respond when flying through turbulent air or windshear. On the approach into St. Thomas yesterday, the wind was variable from 90 degrees (which is 10 degrees to the left of the runway), all the way to 330 degrees (which is a 40 degree quartering tailwind). As a result of the changing wind direction, there was windshear and turbulence on the approach. When the Autothrottle could not keep up, I disengaged the Autopilot and Autothrottle less than two miles from the runway. My initial throttle input was what I thought was needed at the time. It was in fact more power than was required, but I would rather have too much powe