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Old 17th Oct 2011, 22:52
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No, I don't agree because there are thousands of pilots a day flying around commanding a wide body airliner with experience like these two that couldn't handle a simple loss of air speed and autosystems without crashing. Flying attitude and power must have been above their flying skills with their low time.

I would hope that we learn from this crash and make sure at least one competent pilot who can fly manually is in the cockpit. One way is to require two real captains, not type rated copilots who haven't really been given a real check ride. I know this sounds harsh but the pressure is on to pass the FO type rated pilot so they can fly over 8 hrs on international flights. They get a lot of breaks so they pass. Usually the captain check is made to guaranty he can command the aircraft.

This is my observation. It may differ elsewhere.
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