by cessnapuppy
I agree. In reflection, we either already know what happened or have enough data to make a reasonable assumption and start to take corrective action. Including but not limited to:
•Better dissemination of weather information
•Better training, SOP clarification and use of WX radar
•Be more proactive/aggressive in diverting around bad weather
•(my favorite: hand fly the AC through the ITCZ vs using the autopilot, so if you run into unseen weather, the crew isnt tossed an unstable aircraft into their laps when the AP runs for the hills )
•More active collaboration between 'hand off zones' (like Dakar)
•Faster response when the plane goes missing
Two reflections:
What about reprogramming the system as to allow the pilots to keep authority throughout all attempted protections? To me this should be added to your list.
You mention better training. A big AB operator wanted to do just this, but had to postpone it, because the sims were not able to simulate the presumed all pitot failures. Let me repeat that: The sims were not able to accurately simulate such a "unreliable airspeed indication" situation!!!!!
How on earth were Airbus crews trained for such a situation up to today?