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Old 2nd Oct 2008, 05:11
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stilton
 
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Not fair to blame Easterns L1011 crash on the aircraft really, perhaps there should have been a louder autopilot disconnect warning but what happened to 'FLYING THE AIRCRAFT' someone should have been dedicated to that task exclusively.


And at JFK what kind of Pilot reacts to a stall warning after rotation by PUTTING IT DOWN ON THE RUNWAY ! by any standard that was irrational behaviour to a spurious warning, the aircraft was flying, the only appropriate response would have been to push the power up and lower the nose a tad.


Had the stick shaker go off a few time myself over the years after rotation, not that unusual with gusts or a 'sticky' aoa vane, putting it down again is unthinkable and disastrous in any aircraft.


Ridiculous to blame these accidents (officially attributed to Pilot error) to design deficiencies.


The Tristar never had a design caused accident, quite incredible really, Douglas could have done a lot better.
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