Patent ID: 8781653

Claim:
A method of modifying a pitch attitude of an aircraft during landing comprising: commanding trailing edge flaps to move to a landing setting; providing a current value for a flight condition parameter; providing a current trailing edge flaps setting; comparing said current value of the flight condition parameter to a plurality of thresholds having an acceptable range between said plurality of thresholds; and if said current value of the flight condition parameter is outside the acceptable range: (1) adjusting the trailing edge flaps to a new flaps setting; (2) keeping the trailing edge flaps in the new flaps setting for a predetermined time period; and (3) after the predetermined time period if said current value of the flight condition parameter is outside the acceptable range and the trailing edge flaps are not in final trailing edge flap positions then repeating (1), (2), and (3) until the current value of the flight condition parameter is within the acceptable range or the trailing edge flaps are in the final trailing edge flap positions.