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Old 27th Apr 2012, 10:02
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latetonite
 
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If, after take off, close to the ground, you have an actual windshear, you want to get out of it. This, IMHO is not done by selecting autopilots, verifying if the AFDS is capable of doing a good job, checking trust is not exceeding the max rated for the flight, and monitoring if the EEC`s are doing what they are designed for. Maybe some pilots might also want to check the FCOM at this critical phase of flight, and discover the "WARNING: (3 asterics) SEVERE...." at the end of the checklist, just in time before impact.
Many aircraft accidents happened where the A/C flew itself "automaticly" into the ground.
What a pilot really wants is climbing out of it and avoiding earth. This is covered in the first half of the Boeing FCOM NNM 1.11 "Windshear Escape Maneuver".
It is simply a matter of getting your priorities straight, not pushing buttons.
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