Not only that, but the MEMO, when released by BEA, provided no NEW MECHANICAL issues that hadn't been addressed....We don't go there....
OC... It isn't that black and white. There are four degradations that can obtain post UAS. ALT1, ALT2, DIRECT, and ABNORMAL. PITCH and POWER are nothing if not offspring of MANUAL, why present one or more of these different concepts when ostensibly, P/P is always the Drill? P/P is successful, or it is not, and if not, protection memory accomplishes what? Protections obtain when the pilot has lost control anyway? Why bother with stops along the way to DIRECT (PITCH AND POWER)? Did the a/c linger in NORMAL whilst P/P could be applied? If not, why not? And if inertials were such the hot ticket, why not blacken both PFDS in favor of an ISIS with reads in RED?
Complexity for the sake of......?
Another thought. Why leave NORMAL LAW at all? It is possible for NORMAL to retain, even with a/p loss. Just not with unreliable speeds.
Last edited by Lyman; 16th Nov 2011 at 23:34.