Originally Posted by
edmundronald
Not a pilot, feel free to delete ...
Absent airspeed indications, I would expect pilots to set throttle and AoA for stable flight, declare an emergency, get an estimation of windspeed from ground, point a Mark I Eyeball out the window on that pointy end, and use the compass and groundspeed indicators to navigate back to the airfield, and land - surely with a 5mph ground wind, and decent weather a visual-only landing, maybe a bit on the fast side for safety is a possibility?
I know that flying is hard and requires specialist training but if visual flying of a modern airplane in good conditions at 5000ft has become impossible for trained pilots with 5000 hours, then maybe this is an issue for input to the politicians and not to be left for the industry to bury in the name of "self-regulation" -
AF447 was a wake up call on the effects of bad airspeed indications ...
Edmund