Originally Posted by
Jetscream 32
Some of us also know that, that particular cab could of also - binned it at any point and pulled sufficient power - engaged the autopilot and popped out VMC on top in the sunshine a few seconds later - by my reckoning they had sufficient options up their sleeve and if at any stage the loady / DG in the back had called that he was not visual then it would of been a swift left arm movement from the rh seat - followed by the selection of the AP..... Love it when everyone bangs on about graciousness and finger-wagging..... it's not an incident - therefore it's just experience - trouble is - published on sm it suddenly becomes a mass opinion piece....
Somewhere in that load of bollocks, there just might be some kind of explanation about freezing level and controlled airspace above them, and exactly how the poster knows how many seconds, at whatever rate of climb that aircraft could manage, with whatever load it had... in order to break out on top, in sunshine.