Hi all,
Well, if I've said it once...................................,
if only they had a Flight Engineer aboard, he does his own check calculations on AUW, AND also checks the TO card!!!
His experience would have recognized the very low TO EPR, not to mention the early correction of the fueling mistake.
This really is criminal..........He would have also aggresively advanced the thrust levers in response to the stall warning, even without the captains sayso,....and......he would have known that the tail will strike the runway when the attitude exceeds 11.5 degrees with the MLG wheels still on the ground ie. the u/c selector gate not retracted!
All these things are basic, and these companies still just put on an extra pilot and somehow think that that will solve all the forseeable problems.....when will they learn that no pilot can replace the experience, professionalism and dedication to the job that the FE reflected each and every flight.
He saved them millions and they didn't even know it!!! - until now!
Just another example, one of very many!!!!
Go on...razz my words if you will...but you cannot deny the truth!
Cheers