100%please, I think the methodology is to scan your instruments, hand on throttles, scan power settings, be aware of desired power setting, and watch the system. Another way of doing it is to totally rely on the 'system', and get distracted elsewhere whilst you are not watching your basic flying. Then, when you have received a warning that something was very wrong (stickshaker), to not recover adequately. An immediate go-around should have been flown. I cannot think where they were at.
This crew IMO would have recovered the situation despite the defect using one simple technique- hand on throttle below 1000'. It draws power setting into your mind, you will periodically be aware 'why' your hand is there and glance down at the thrust settings. When you push the thrust forward (question: was TOGA hit?), you will be looking for thrust settings. You will glance down, 'is thrust still set, am I exceeding GA thrust?'. The thrust came back to silent! GA was not hit! Nobody noticed. So that acceleration urge and noise petered out, and nobody saw it. Whatever was going on? My comment about the movie duo struck nerves, but why were they so funny? Because one thing after another went wrong- everything they did in the movies was wrong or incompetent. One has to look at the training here, not the system, not the equipment.
Last edited by Rainboe; 8th March 2009 at 09:08.