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Old 22nd Jun 2008, 05:22
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In actual fact, the referenced TWA L1011 accident was totally unnecessary.
As stilton mentioned, stick shakers activate once in awhile when in actual fact there is nothing wrong (otherwise) with the airplane.
Lets face facts here.
You have airspeed (on the L1011, big round dials, really hard to miss), you have the necessary thrust, airplane is climbing away quite nicely...and yet, a few unfortunate guys just simply cannot get around the fact, and panic.
Yes, panic.
Just unlatch the relevant switchlight (on the L1011) and press on.
This has been, and certainly is now a simulator exercise...no different in the airplane.
In other words...RTFB.
It's all there, in black and white.

Yeah, it's that simple.
It doesn't take an astronaut to figure it out.
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