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Old 7th Jul 2012, 21:17
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Why no AOA indicators ? The report indicates the data is available buried several pages down, but it isn't an indicator you can fly to.

Seems pitch was being referenced as AOA when they were wildly different.

The airplane was being nervelessly flown in 'coffin corner' by the autopilot with good air data, to save fuel. Once the pitot inputs were lost, the autopilot threw the chore back to the humans, who were even less equipped to do the task without reliable speed data.

Yet the PF kept trying to keep the altitude that it was almost impossible to hand fly at. Why not a procedure requiring dropping down to a less demanding (altitude) in the flight envelope when the autopilot goes on strike. Screw saving fuel until the other problems are sorted out.

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