Originally Posted by
LowSlowT2
I'm not a FDX guy, just a bystander, but if 1000 in IMC and 500 in VMC are both considered stabilized approaches, does the FDR know the weather? I fly an ancient airplane with an FDR, but ours doesn't know the weather...this is an honest question, not troll bait. Curious if or how the FDR knows the WX.
I guess you could program it to flag any approach not stable below 1000' and 500' and listen to the voice recorder to determine if the intent was to be stable by 1000 or 500.