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Old 26th May 2009, 18:56
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Huck
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It does fine - all U.S. certified aircraft have to be stable in roll. Like I said, it's a lovely hand-flying airplane. I have no idea why CWS was installed without a way to turn it off.

I had a former Douglas engineer tell me they originally were going to remove the power levers in the MD-11. It would be the world's first "push-button" throttles - you were either in speed mode or max/mct/climb. The MD test pilots rebelled and got them to rethink it.

But it says alot about their philosophy - and again points to why so many of these things end up in a ball. Pilots were told (I was told, by two different companies) to maintain the highest level of automation at all times....
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