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222 - ATPL - While approaching a mountainous airfield, the captain of a transport aircraft notices a fast and high increase in the indicated airspeed without any change in the pre-selected engine and attitude parameters. The preceding crews had reported the occurrence of windshears in final phase. you must:

Question 222 - Operational Procedures - ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot license

Take a level flight attitude to reduce speed, then come back to glide path from above.
Reduce rapidly the selected thrust, maintain on the glide path.
Reduce rapidly the selected thrust in order to reach 1.2 Vs and try a precision landing.
Maintain the aircraft on the glide path, accept a positive speed deviation, monitor the speed evolution.

Training tests and timed exam simulations ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot license