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Old 25th Apr 2019, 09:35
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Originally Posted by Meester proach


I’m interested as well from the psychology point of view - startle effect etc. There’s very few situations where you have to react immediately .....especially not shoving the nose way down. I’d initially run with the TOGA , once we’d got a grip on the mistake , disconnect AP, AT, select FLCH return to cleared altititude and reengage both. Easy to say though from my couch.You going to have to take an altitude bust , but I’d rather get a kicking for that than overreact.

what would be more illuminating , if this is the scenario, the training and suitability background of the person that made this control inputs .
beginning to suspect that illuminating the suitability of someone in the flight deck is a stumbling point..
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