Originally Posted by 1southernman
Not sure how it's structured but they didn't need to be taught how to fly again
Eh? That appears to be the
only failing here; the captain's instrument cross-reference was poor. He fixated on the flaps, instead of flying
and looking at the flap position. An hour sharpening his basic IF skills would have been the most valuable retraining IMO. All that other stuff worked well; reinforce the other stuff if you want but the lack of flying skill in an unusual situation caused this. Not that I am criticising him for the lack of skill; the fact that automation is rammed down our throats makes this sort of incident more and more likely because people's flying skills naturally atrophy.