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Old 17th Jun 2018, 17:20
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Originally Posted by Pinkman
Commuting cannot explain why the Captain reacted incorrectly to a false stall warning (caused by the increased ref switch being on with no ice accumulation) by pulling back on the stick putting them into an actual stall, nor can it explain why the First Officer (who by the way turned up to work streaming with cold, a far more contributory factor in fitness to fly than where she lives) dumped all the flaps uncommanded and doomed the aircraft at the critical moment.

The simple fact fact is if you stopped all commuting tomorrow the entire aviation industry would grind to a halt. Where are all these flights falling out of the sky like Colgan because people use an aircraft rather than a car to transport themselves to work? The fact is you cannot prove the causality.
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