The stuff of urban legend.....
One goal of urban legends is to entertain, and the other is to distract. Comedy has to be generic, or not enough people 'get' it.
So from an internet comet comes further misunderstanding. "Tell the PILOT what to do?" Well, Yeah. By doing it without him/her noticed, warned; by stealth/surprise (ready for flash bang, here)
Bottom line is this, probably. As the a/c "gives it back" it "hangs on". It is not a "secret", for it is published and trained. It is counter intuitive, however, and ultimately leads to disaster, along with other "eccentrics".
POV? Yep. Maybe PJ2 was right, Maybe "Human Factors" is the landscape for the discussion. Although the problem ultimately, is a design that requires a degradation of human skills, and a deeper reliance on Technology that to some extent doesn't allow for an everpresent design consideration. BTW, This "Technology" was new when I was using an APPLE e2.
ROTE learning ending up requiring ROTE handling. There was a fourth "pilot" aboard, and we neglect that influence at our great risk.
Some "one" decided Autotrim was an excellent fallback in recovery from Unusual Attitude(s), and that STALL warning could (should) be defeated at low (!) speed. PILOT ERROR I'm saying, ennabled by a remote command from another time, and another place. What a deadly Intrusion!
So, Yeah. Next time, can we have APPLE?
Last edited by Lyman; 26th Aug 2011 at 14:45.