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Old 4th Jun 2008, 04:52
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Dream Land
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Dream Land, surely you would not know the 'control inputs,' since your sidestick would not move; you would only notice the effect of those inputs (e.g. in the case of the Hamburg A320 wingstrike incident, the aircraft starting to bank the wrong way, downwind?).
IMO this incident is a failure of the PIC to make a safe decision, and effects as you put it is all I need to monitor to be on top of the situation safely.

A lot of people putting emphasis on the control inputs, I'm afraid this point isn't compromising flight safety in my opinion, when the aircraft is close to the ground, my focus of attention is simply the trajectory of the aircraft, I am fully following on the rudders for the simple reason that I am fully responsible for the outcome of the landing. I simply don't agree that the technology limits my ability for monitoring pilots, I haven't seen it.
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