Operations 2B - Interviews in Buffalo Capt. Dittmar (Checkairman with Colgan) in NTSB- Interview:
http://www.ntsb.gov/Dockets/Aviation...027/417449.pdf
He said 75 percent of pilots he sees do recover by pulling back against the pusher. At some point he stops the demonstration. He’s not sure if the sim ever crashes. No syllabus for this demonstration and he doesn’t recall it in the Colgan procedures. He is not aware if there is guidance from the manufacturer.
They use PTS standards for checking stall recovery procedures -- plus/minus 100 feet 10 knots 10 deg heading.
In training he has seen some issues with pilots maintaining plus/minus 100 feet. Has never come close to failing anybody on a stall procedure in a checking event. Has had to train to proficiency in a stall one time – they’d lost 200 feet. Retrained them for it. Did it again fine. The hard limits on the checkride have to be 100 percent. If they go outside the limits that it is a failure and obviously they bust the checkride.
are dangereous habits beeing hammered into young professional heads? FAA approved obviously?
TM