Locked door wrote:-
Don't forget there's a recall drill for unreliable airspeed, and it doesn't call for heroics from the pilots. If all else fails 90% N1 and 2.5 degrees nose up in the cruise will keep you safe in almost any heavy jet.
Basic stuff.
SKS777FLYER wrote:-
Yes, basic "stuff"........ provided there are presentations of attitude by flight instruments on that off chance of a pitch black night perhaps in cloud where a horizon is not remotely visible.... provided there is a stable platform to fly
So far we only have guesses and educated guesses to what those Air France aviators faced those fateful last minutes.
Locked door is So Right.
What sks77 and all the buffoons forget is that the PFD is Repeat 2 separate instruments. The tapes are Pitot-static and the center is IRS. Thus PITCH and POWER are your friends. Screw cross checking.. Fly the effing plane. AND, it is counter-intuitive but stop checking the tapes. Fly attitude and power.The problem all Bus pilots have is normal law which prevents stalling, over speeding and over banking. But I flew the mini bus and when it went senile one day I hand flew with the A/T's out of the detent. Complete non-event. These guys may never have been able to fly out of the problem they flew into but future pilots need to be educated. Not on crosschecking but, as locked door said. Attitude and thrust. Pitch and Power.