Originally Posted by
blue up
Wasn't there a Boeing notice in the 744 handbook for a situation where ALL the DUs could fail at exactly the same time due to EIU issues, subsequently fixed by a change in EIU spec? Fixed temporarily by recycling EIU CBs x 3?
Hi, that happened to me when I was an FO on the 744 back in1990 - happened on rotate into a very low cloud base. I was flying - those the little standby instruments are more orientated for the Captain. To say it was stressful was an understatement - pitched to 15 up and used TOGA ...... mentally DRd the SID until above MSA. Took us a long time to deal with this situation.
The other big memory was the noise from all the warnings (the ones you can't cancel), myself and the Captain couldn't really communicate - this is an issue, same as would have been experienced on the AF over the south Atlantic, which is never raised. With the noise you cannot communicate nor think properly.
To the original poster - just before VR all the screens started flashing before they all were lost ...... so stopping "might" be a good idea in your scenario.
Best