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Old 18th Dec 2011, 13:28
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RoyHudd

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Errr the flight control laws do have importance in the 330. ( and the others too).

The aircraft cannot stall in Normal Law, and pulling back on the side stick will therefore not cause a stall. Although there is nothing to stop you crashing the plane in Normal Law. The fact that Stall Warnings were being issued should have woken the crew up to the situation, although ECAM might have been confusing matters by issuing DISREGARD STALL WRNG at given moments.

This aircraft needs to be understood and flown correctly, and I agree that the bean counters share some blame in the whole sorry situation that is commercial aviation today, with too many under-trained Captains and FO's tooling around the skies. (to say nothing of SO's and Cruise Pilots)

Ultimately blame the passengers and market forces. Cheap flying still prevails.
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