Originally Posted by
BraceBrace
I think you are using bad examples here... Did those accidents involve windshear?
FD is a primary guidance. The QRH is clear that an initial pitch up to 15° is required. When the speedbrakes are confirmed retracted, the FD becomes primary _guidance_. If you don't focus on correct pitch, "the nose is everywhere and nowhere" because people chase other instruments. You better make people follow the FD as is expected by Boeing "within a certain pitch range", and not chase other instruments. That is also explained in these words in the procedure: "Intermittent stick shacker or initial buffet is the upper pitch attitude limit" (or pitch limit indication). The PF does not need to do anything else.
The _PM_ has to monitor vertical speed and altitude, callout trends towards terrain or _significant_ airspeed changes. But the ACT of flying is done through pitch. The standby ADI should NOT be glanced at, for no single reason other than IRS failures. The ASI should not be taken "literally" but used for tendencies as the speed in a violent windshear can be all over the place. The word by Boeing for PM to make a callout is correctly "significant".
Secondly, GPWS warning recovery is NOT a FD guided maneuver.
Thanks Brace Brace. I stand to be corrected. It has been many years since I flew a 737 and a bit out of touch with all the new avionics. The previous accidents I referred to were all loss of control although windshear was not a contributory factor.