Hi Maching Bird,
Originally Posted by Machinbird
We had to hawk the pitch attitude very carefully and note any trends on the altimeter, then apply a correction to pitch to hold altitude. There was too much lag in the VSI to use it for altitude maintenance. All I used the VSI for was to verify I had set pitch and power about right for a descent rate or climb rate.
It is interesting to learn that there has been a change in scan patterns as a result of new technology.
Thank you for your scan instruction. What I have written in my post is the most academic manner to do which is learned for IR in France, on slower and less powered aircrafts that yours !
In all cases scan has to be rapid, effective, used,
and AF447's CVR shows a very different scenario !
What do you think about learning effective stall with aerobatics to all airline pilots (and not airline too) ?
Computer systems cannot help us to land when we have fire on board, no more electricity, no more system. A pilot must be able to try to do that, and bring the aircraft and the passenger on the ground.
That is only pleasure !
