Originally Posted by
Airbubba
I still can't figure out why nobody pulled back the power with continuous overspeed warnings on both sides and obviously too much thrust for attempted level flight.
Crew/ Confusion/ Overload
When multiple warnings go off at the same time with conflicting informations the crew gets in trouble.
Stick shaker = STALL warning, and at low altitude that is something to be scared off so you try to get the nose DOWN and power UP. And at the same time one gets HIGH speed indications.
Priority ONE, if the crew get the time to troubleshoot before crashing, is to figure out what warnings are true and what warnings are false.
Then add that the LEFT AOA and the RIGHT AOA give different info, add an anti STALL system, (MCAS) that starts playing with your feet and trim position, and crew overload exceeds available time to find out what is true and false.
Add the human factor too. Every beginning pilots get : Lesson 1, first minutes => Speed is life.
Each and every pilot, from beginning PPL upwards is more scared of a low altitude stall then off an overspeed. => Safety first => So the Power stays UP.