Originally Posted by
hans brinker
I disagree. The only reason we still have pilots is for when **** hits the fan, anything else can be automated. The radar altimeter failed and that led to the auto thrust to go to idle. The FO pushed the throttle up, let go, it went back to idle, and for the next 100 seconds all 3 of them sat there while the thrust was at idle, and the speed dropped to 83kts, 40kts below Vref.
Same for the China airlines flight. They just sat there, never used rudder trim, let the speed drop until the autopilot gave up, and barely made it out alive.
If we can’t handle stuff like this we don’t deserve to get paid to fly.
A great indicator of something being amiss with thrust and/or airspeed in the 737 is the trim wheels rolling on and on and on... great clue to intervene manually
