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Old 25th Apr 2011, 05:28
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slats11
 
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Appreciate the apology Svarin - accepted.

OK. If I understand correctly, several of you are thinking:
1. Initial UAS leading to upset, leading to loss of AP
2. Manual recovery
3. Re-engage AP - at a lower altitude and several minutes later
4. Catastrophic LOC due to inappropriate pitch up issue covered in recent directive.

Now if you had a significant upset followed by a recovery, would you not expect over a period of some minutes:
1. Some form of radio communication
2. Pax and CC secured

Or do you suppose that the initial upset was sufficiently violent that anyone not secured was incapacitated (and stayed unsecured)? In which case, would the pilots really try and re-engage AP having gained a degree of manual control?

Am I misunderstanding you all here?
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