Originally Posted by Machinbird
Now if you were in BEA's position, what kind of recommendations would you be developing to prevent the next accident?
At the very least, I would change the UAS drill to require cross cockpit crew communication.
Either pilot should be allowed/required to challenge air speed reliability and there should be a SOP in the manual for exact phraseology to be used in such an event. The challenge should be required and the response exact. i.e., "UAS suspected, Left side indicates xxx. What is your airspeed?" followed by "Right side indicates xxx, Stdby indicates xxx" . Or something to that effect.
We take our time dealing with engine failures at V1, why not take our time dealing with UAS?
As written, the UAS procedure is "immediate action" and it appears that the rote response to immediate action could have been incorrect in this AF447 case. (at the very least
