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Old 6th Aug 2011, 23:19
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bubbers44
 
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One thing that is puzzling me is the speed of PF's hand on his movements aft and forward on the sidestick.
From 02:10:13 to 02:10:16 (only three seconds) he moved his sidestick 9 times. That's three times a second...
And with significant amplitude also.

What was he chasing?

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I've flown with a few FO's that did that all the time hand flying. They have plenty of experience but don't seem to trust themselves hand flying so keep doing PIO's to touchdown. You would think some hands on flying would stop this but a lot of airlines discourage hand flying these days. The PF in the AF447 crash didn't seem to have a clue when the automatics failed. They need to look at the Bob Hoover you tube flick where he pours an iced tea pitcher into a glass while inverted in a roll in a Shrike on page 83 of the tech forum. I know Bob and he knows how to fly an airplane. He will be at Reno at the air races in mid Sept.But he has retired from demo flying.
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