Not trying to blame this crew as they are now unable to defend themselves.
As said previously, in general pilots are getting away from the basics!
If you are testing something during test, you should be expecting it not to work or fail. If not why do the test? If you are expecting the test to fail have sufficient alt to recover.
Any low speed work at least bug Vref, or better still the Vs for the weight and configuration of the aircraft.
Auto trim? Now that to me is scary.
Last edited by doubleu-anker; 18th Sep 2010 at 13:24.