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Old 19th Jul 2018, 13:39
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Flying Bull
 
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Sorry gullibell,

forget about 30 sec to get things sorted out single pilot at night to have a stable ship and a path, which won‘t kill you in case the second one fails on you.
I think SASless, with his sim experience, could confirm, that correctly identifying what is going on and handling an emergency will take its time and that hastly actions will more often bring extra trouble while an concentrated approach step by step, according to the first sentences in the emergency section will keep you alive most times!
There might be the god blessed pilot with all the knowledge and skills, but most pilots out there are just humans with a certain mental capability, from which flying alone takes a considerable amount...
It‘s an eye opener, to jumpseat sim missions and watching, what your fellow pilots are actually missing, when put under stress.
And a master caution generates stress...
You can even whiteness the degraded pilots capabilities just listining to ATC on a sunny weekend, when pilots, making propper calls earlier, start to sputter, when it gets busy in the pattern or they get orders from a controlled Airport, which they aren’t accustomed to....
Don‘t tell me, pilots should be able to handle OEI flight conditions and shut down in 30 sec.
Thats just asking for trouble!
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