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Old 15th May 2012 | 18:14
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From: W of 30W
Originally Posted by HN39
There are some practical difficulties with that, and I don't see the point.
The point is precisely to emit a logical hypothesis to your earlier question :
"If PF didn't notice stall warning, what caused him to select CLB, then TOGA, go to 15 degrees pitch and actively maintain that until the airplane dropped out of his hand after 40 seconds?"
If the V/S was at 1500 ft/min at the time the FDs reappeared, then the SEL V/S target reopened at that 1500 ft/min. But as the V/S soon was in reduction, the vertical command bar went up, and the PF was proceeding to follow the command and the trim was 'helping' him to do so.

To note that under stall warning the FDs were telling the pilots to pull ...
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