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Ivar_Karlsen
Zaphod58---As for the Asiana pilots, they did exactly how they should have. The mistake was in the autopilot (a BOEING aircraft may I add, so that really negates the whole Airbus argument). Most pilots in that same situation believed that the autothrottle would have held the programmed speed, and gotten into a similar situation.
I disagree.
Since the early days of the B777 pilots have been taught NOT to use Flight Level Change as a speed mode below 10000 ft, because if you don't have an active waypoint between you and assigned altitude/ground, the autothrottle wont wake up.
It's designed that way (Flight Level Change)
I know because i'm rated on it.
C0bzz---->Thoughts?
When trained not to use Flight Level Change that close to the ground why use it?
C0bzz
When trained not to use Flight Level Change that close to the ground why use it?
Because people make mistakes, even if they are well-trained.edit on 17/11/13 by C0bzz because: (no reason given)
Zaphod58
reply to post by phantom150
Funny that you both say Airbus pilots never learn to fly the plane, and then point to a Boeing crash.
phantom150
His final bright decision was pulling back hard raising the nose causing an immediate deeper stall.
phantom150Unfortunately planes like cars are not idiot proof and still need to obey the laws of physics, no computer will ever correct this.
8675309jenny
That's what blew me away, these idiots could have landed the plane and whistled there way to the lounge inconspicuously if they had just nosed it over a bit and avoided the disastrous tailstrike.
Zaphod58
Exactly. Asiana was a Boeing crash though, so what does that have to do with Airbus pilots not learning to fly?