Oh really?
So if this rather dozy crew had turned off the switch without adding power, the shaker would have activated at a somewhat lower speed as the speed continued to drop, then the pusher would have activated, startling the crew so that the PF still would have pulled back hard on the control column while the PNF raised the flaps and... same sad result I guess. The problem there was not primarily with the aircraft, as the accident report clearly states.
Someone said of the Piper Cub that it was the safest airplane he knew of because "it can just barely kill you." Perhaps it is so that we have a generation of people who just mark time in the cockpit until they get that dream job. Really, if you do not approach each airplane with respect, learning all that you can about it, not just enough to get through your next sim check... they can and do bite. That's part of the fun, actually, mastering something slightly dangerous. If you think one of these highly automated modern machines is easy and fun to fly, just a matter of pushing a few buttons, perhaps you really should think about a career in photocopy machine maintenance instead.
Last edited by chuks; 11th Feb 2010 at 06:34.
Reason: Attempt to make clear what point I was making!