+1 on the credentials thing.
The uninformed in here make me think of the 'talking heads' on TV.
I can assure you all that ANYONE flying a T-tail airplane after Roselawn recieved extensive training on the onset of tailplane stalls. (I was in a DC9/MD80 at the time). Perhaps someone was sleeping thru that sim session, or had never ACTUALLY felt the onset (as you would if the autopilot was off) or they were mentally playing golf that day.
History forces those who forget to repeat itself. Those lessons are usually written in blood. If you're reading this, it's someone elses' blood there on that checklist. If you didn't read it, or skipped it, it will be written in yours someday. God help everyone in your plane.
Yes, I know that's harsh, but put yourself 15 miles further back towards EWR the other night. How harsh would you have been?
Last edited by singpilot; 14th Feb 2009 at 19:33.