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Old 13th May 2012, 17:11
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Originally Posted by PJ2
Below 100', Alpha-prot is disabled.
[nitpick]Alpha floor protection, to be precise (the thrust component). Alpha protection, which is a flight control function and affects pitch and bank, remains active at all times in Normal Law IIRC[/nitpick]

The report criticizes planning, coordination and so on.
As it should have. AF's performance as an entity was well below-par that day.

I've often wondered if Asseline would have had a better case if he had gone after AF rather than Airbus - but I suspect that he would not have had the benefit of union backing had he pursued that line.

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