Sans....I really do object to you saying what you just did about the Pilots....both in tone....and more specifically as it is directly opposed to what the Accident Report and the three Accident Investigators had to say.
You object to what
I said? I guess you missed the part where I quoted text written by a commenter on the article in question, and stated as such.
And, as nobody has deemed it necessary to respond, Ill repeat my question from the previous post.
Does or doesn't operating an aircraft outside NATOPS warrant a "pilot error" determination? Simple question.
http://legacy.vtol.org/pdf/test-60.pdf
7. In comparison to the published NATOPS descent rate limitation, it is shown that the V–22 has significant margin for avoiding VRS.