A couple quick questions for the airline pilots out there. I’m trying to get a general feeling for the experience/airmanship level of my colleagues around the world. For any transport category jet, how many of you would:
- Engage an autopilot with a stick shaker active or any other signs of unreliable airspeed on departure?
- Retract flaps with a stick shaker active or any other signs of unreliable airspeed on departure?
- Be uncomfortable manually controlling thrust at any point during the flight.
- Be uncomfortable manually flying the aircraft during an emergency?
- Distrust the average pilot in your company to accurately fly manually during an emergency.
- Not use the electric trim system to relieve control column pressure (if it is having a positive effect, such as was almost assuredly the case in the Lion-air and Ethiopian accidents)?