And to clarify some ignorant minds, this flight had no pax and was fully trained in the sim.
That puts my mind at rest. Fully trained in the sim, how many times did the sim auger in before they got it right?
Challenger and Columbia were fully trained in the sim too I think.
Did the pilots train for a simulated bird strike? Even a very small bird? What they did was obviously safe (they did it then went to the pub after) but left ZERO margin for error or equipment failure.
Sorry that stunt was dangerous, a low level fly past gear down, then a straight climb then a bank would be a good display of a civil airliner.
Hey they could even have packed the plane with tabloid journalists and announced "ladies and gentlemen, this is what a go-around feels like"