Originally Posted by Safety Concerns
The NTSB statement was completely unnecessary if the aircraft manual control inputs had remained within safe limits throughout the ditching. The reality is the system intervened to aid a perfect landing. In fact some have suggested that the FE protections allowed the crew to trade every available knot for a reduction in vertical speed.
And who are those "some" that don't understand either what a flare is all about ?
Direct me to the data in the report that support such statement ...
Originally Posted by bubbers44
... and zero out his sink rate before ditching.
That's right, Sully tried its best in that perspective, but the flight control computers as they are programmed decided they knew better and didn't have to follow the pilot's request ...
What amazes me is that among all the simulations that have been performed afterward in Toulouse, no one thought to put the aircraft in beautiful
DIRECT LAW to get rid of all those supposedly marvelous and magical features and/or protections, and see how a guy with some experience can actually nicely flare that aircraft ... !?
Is it that no one thought about it ... or is it that no one did really want to embarrass Airbus ... ?