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Old 27th May 2004, 02:42
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Chris Higgins
 
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and the answer is...

None of the above ladies/gentlemen:


As a former Flight Crew Training Instructor for a major US Airline and a representative instructor at the Longacres Facility in Washington, the answer is: Cali, Colombia!

That's right, we were taught to instill a sense of respect for the speed brake, where pilots should be alerted to partial use of speed brake for reasons that it adversely affects climb performance in a CFIT escape situation.

The AA Cali Accident scene would not have been had the crew not had speed brake deployment throughout the CFIT escape procedure. In fact the simulation shows that they would have missed the hill top by several hundred feet.

As an added precaution PLEASE leave your hand on the speed brake following deployment and do not remove it until it is safely stowed!!
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