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Old 9th Feb 2012, 02:01
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The RAT doesn't deploy unless you lose both engine generators in all aircraft I have flown and the APU would not have been on for that short flight because they could bleed air off the engines. I didn't bother to respond because I knew most people knew.

Also the autopilot being worthless meant how could it have had anything to do with the outcome of the Hudson landing. He was a highly skilled pilot and the autopilot did nothing to help him. He didn't need stall protection with his skill landing in the Hudson. None of us in any Boeing would have stalled so why did it help him? It didn't. Why do Airbus pilots always think the only way to fly is by automation? I don't understand it. Now I read an article about letting automation rotate the airplanes to prevent tail strikes. Have you ever had a tail strike? 23,000 hrs and zero.
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