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Forum: Rumours & News
15th Feb 2015, 15:09
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,620
Posted By formationdriver

Loud & Very Clear

Ian W's post below says it all.


"On the contrary, it is companies that have only been doing avoidance training that has led to the current state.

* Anyone flying manually outside the...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Feb 2015, 13:07
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,620
Posted By formationdriver

Unusual Attitude/Spins: back to basics.

Some folks tend to think they don't need this because they'll never be faced with a stall in their day job. As demonstrated recently, and not so recently: BULL. With averagely intelligent...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Jan 2015, 07:02
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,620
Posted By formationdriver

QZ 8501 FO's family sues AsiaAir 48hrs before FO designated as PF

Interesting timing: FO's family sues the airline (for dangerous & illegal operations) two days before Airline says CVR proves he was the Pilot Flying at the time of the accident. The airline also...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Jan 2015, 13:49
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,620
Posted By formationdriver

Stall Spin training: re-inventing the wheel

Folks are now re-inventing the wheel, i.e. noticing that many young, and not-so young, airline pilots must re-learn to hand-fly. Have many hangar-mates, some of whom are friends, who fly, or flew,...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Jan 2015, 06:16
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,620
Posted By formationdriver

Stall Spin training for Ab Initio Pilots

This incident prompted China airlines to require 12 hours of unusual attitude/aerobatic training for all their AbInitio trainees. Some didn't enjoy those hours but, at completion, they all knew how...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Jan 2015, 13:44
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,620
Posted By formationdriver

Entire industry grown on a convenient lie

One of the most educated and intelligent posts read on this forum. But what of the folks who were /are NEVER even taught the "old skills...?"
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Jan 2015, 09:51
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,620
Posted By formationdriver

no need to kill a lot of pilots to teach basics

NigelOnDraft: Sorry , but -- without debating the cost & headaches of teaching people how to really fly -- I find the conclusion that this "will kill a lot of pilots" unjustified. In more than...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Jan 2015, 18:53
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,620
Posted By formationdriver

The french are there alright

Airbus and the BEA are both heavily represented. Photos of their people near the wreckage are evident in the press. Let's hope someone will be looking very closely over their shoulders to make sure...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Jan 2015, 20:04
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,620
Posted By formationdriver

flat spin

Good point, IAN G, about center of rotation. But, as you know, its real tough to get into a flat spin... which requires deliberately held full back stick (as AF# 447) AND out-spin aileron, i.e. a...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Jan 2015, 18:14
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,620
Posted By formationdriver

flat spin

"MACHINBIRD" IMHO if you'd ever done a flat spin, you wouldn't write :"One ominous aspect of flat spins is the eyeballs out g that results from the rotation. This would rapidly disable the crew,...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Jan 2015, 17:58
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,620
Posted By formationdriver

French Copilot p2f background

Here's the gentleman's background. He was a graduate of a very tough engineering university (CalTech or MIT level), held managerial post at TOTAL, then indeed p2f. Not taking sides in this debate,...
Forum: Rumours & News
31st Dec 2014, 07:09
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,620
Posted By formationdriver

FYI: The AD in the link you posted is recent...

FYI: The AD in the link you posted is recent (De. 2014) and is "Proposed" not mandatory.

"There was an airworthiness directive issued regarding this well before AF447... mandatory on A320's,...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Dec 2014, 12:03
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,620
Posted By formationdriver

Details on Copilot's background

French Press confirms he got his ATPL at the age of 42.
Le copilote français de l'avion disparu débutait sa carrière...
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