Arkroyal:
Umn... This was a boeing flying around with the speedbrake extrended until they get a master caution for extending the flaps beyond 20 with the named brakes extended..
shlittlenellie:
My ol friend and chap:
We're from the same "neck of the woods", not geographically but airline wise, I do know there is a certain pressure for crews to carry "more or less" what the flightplan says.. (prefarbly less if you listen to the directors in hannover)
I realise that the evening was far from perfect but it was made horribly clear to the crew what they were facing once they get down there..
It seems an extrodinarlily poor decision to carry only 15 mins of extra fuel when destination and all (I say ALL) diversions carry the same sort of weather..
I will refrain from getting into the discussion of applying full nose down elevator when loss of visual contact..