Originally Posted by
helispotter
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I am no pilot, but shouldn't the pilot have felt with his feet that the pedals were not roughly aligned with one another on the third start?
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From the report:
"His feet rested either on the floor of the helicopter or lightly on the bottom of the anti-torque pedals."
From experience, the feeling is so unnatural and uncomfortable with the pedals out of position (near neutral) this person at the controls must have had his feet off of the pedals. One of many indications that this person’s level of neglect was enormous.