Originally Posted by DozyWannabe
I presume that barb is directed at me, which is a bit of a shame - because I try not to insult you directly, even if I do think your choice of heroes is misguided.
Never been a secret how I evaluate your behavior : Write a lot as if you have the knowledge but proved repeatedly that you don't necessarily have, IMO of course.
Who are my heroes ? You ?
I presume that if an AD had to ground a fleet, the manufacturer would have to share more that the only cost of the repair.
What bothers me though is that AF's procedures allowed for two members of a crew who had little to no experience in manually handling the aircraft at high altitude to occupy the LH and RH seats at a time when the whole industry knew that frozen pitot tubes could lead to the aircraft being handed back to the crew at cruise level.
What bothers me is that something was wrong in that aircraft before anything happened. The crew had to deal with something bizarre ... and the BEA has not said a single word about it.
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