A319 flight crew reported being too high at a crossing restriction because the airbus crossing logic...

Attributes
ACN	1602507
Time
Date	201812
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 80.52 Flight Crew Total 12490.57 Flight Crew Type 10466.82
Person 2
Function	Instructor Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Crossing Restriction Not Met Deviation - Altitude Undershoot Deviation - Procedural Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

We were descending into ZZZ after a long day of day 1 IOE training; delays at ZZZ1; and bumpy rides. I programmed the FMGC to cross zzzzz intersection at 16;000 [feet] per ATC clearance. Because of the long day and my lack of focus; I failed to back up the automation to make sure it would cross at the required altitude.the airbus did a 'soft level off;' which I failed to recognize immediately; and we ended up being 300 feet high at zzzzz. ATC didn't say anything and we did not appear to have had any loss of separation with other aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A319 flight crew reported being too high at a crossing restriction because the Airbus crossing logic is flawed.

Narrative: We were descending into ZZZ after a long day of day 1 IOE training; delays at ZZZ1; and bumpy rides. I programmed the FMGC to cross ZZZZZ intersection at 16;000 [feet] per ATC clearance. Because of the long day and my lack of focus; I failed to back up the automation to make sure it would cross at the required altitude.The Airbus did a 'soft level off;' which I failed to recognize immediately; and we ended up being 300 feet high at ZZZZZ. ATC didn't say anything and we did not appear to have had any loss of separation with other aircraft.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

A319 flight crew reported being too high at a crossing restriction because the airbus crossing logic is flawed.