Originally Posted by
Escape Path
It’s pretty ingrained in almost all of us, apparently, to fire the APU at the hint of a dual (or even a single!) engine hiccup. However, I’m with vilas on this one: it wouldn’t have made any significant difference in the final outcome.
I agree, although it probably wouldn't have hurt to attempt to start it. My reply to vilas was only to counter this part of his post: "
Sully started APU from memory as good airmanship to get an engine going but once that didn't happen he also got no other help from APU.". Because according to the NTSB the APU helped with more than that, in that particular situation.
Last edited by MikeSnow; 10th Jul 2020 at 10:33.