Originally Posted by
Nescafe
Agreed, but if the crew have become accustomed to relying on it to sort glitches on the ground (bearing in mind that it is NOT an approved remedy) it can be a reflex action to reach up and flick the switches. In this case, instantly regretting your actions.
Spot on
but how does that “reflex” happen in flight without crew coordination?
I got this - oops
You don’t exist - oops
Commander knows best - oops
Let’s do something - oops
Was this really a simple non-critical malfunction that nearly killed everyone due to crew ineptness? Amazing and dismal in equal proportions.
And they have a company simulator? So what do they train? The things that the regs require but which are rarely, if ever implicated in helicopter PT cock-ups?