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Old 17th Sep 2008, 18:17
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NigelOnDraft
 
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My airline trained for takeoff departure stalls to recognize the stall and apply firewall power / flaps 15

my airline is a very large airline and you may e mail me for more details.

I still recall performing this as part of my checkride in the sim.
Good - if it forms part of the airline's / State's training it can only help the crews.

Problem as I said above is where Airline / Manufacturer / State positively discourage some actions.

Out of interest, which type do you refer to? After all, if you planned a F20 takeoff (?) presumably you would not want to select F15?

The problem comes if, say, SOP is a F15 takeoff, then any "drill" that calls for F15 makes a presumption the crew may have omitted to select Flaps. In this case, if lack of Flaps/Slats was a factor, what if a F15 takeoff was planned? Would they even think to "select F15" since in their minds F15 was already set... etc.

I am unaware, in commercial aviation, of too many drills etc. designed around "coping" with serious crew / SOP errors. The "system" seems designed to prevent these in the first place - which has patently failed in the past, and may have again?

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