Here we have all those captains prising the skill and luck of BA 038 crew for saving all those lives and it is perfectly understandable as in civil aviation the first thing you are told is :
"In case of emergency engage the AP if you can, or leave it engaged because it flies better than you!!!!"
No surprise then , they kept the AP ON., and the co-pilot, PF, was trying to understand what the f.. was going on instead of FLYING the A/C in short finals….
You can say what ever you want guys, but so close to the ground, the only job of the PF in a dire emergency is TO FLY the A/C.
And if you think, I do not know what I am talking about, I landed a Mystere IV after a flame out in short finals and a Jaguar on the undershoot after a bird strike again in short finals… all I did then was flying the A/C .
The PNF did his part retracting the flaps, the PF did not Fly the A/C.
Last edited by Baron rouge; 11th Feb 2010 at 16:02.
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