I just searched for this topic and this thread came up. I have to do a presentation for a bmi sponsorship and the topic is level busts - can anyone point me in the right direction as regards statistics, reasons why they occur, etc. I'm looking to go into as much detail as possible so any info, no matter how small, would be very much appreciated.
Also, can anybody tell me if pilots have to dial 1013mb into the computer when going through the transition altitude or does the FMC already know and adjust the QNH automatically? What I'm trying to get at is, could the pilot of a modern jet simply forget to do this or are there warning signals or something?
Any help would be brilliant. Thanks in advance.
Andrew.