Originally Posted by Dozy
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Originally Posted by
Lyman 
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447 clearly was affected adversely by stick visibility]
Prove it.
Beyond doubt.
That's all I ask.
Dozy, The difference clearly is that with the A system the PM has no real idea of the control input
history that led to that point of the flight. With the B system, it is available by just resting your fingers on the yoke or visually.
AF447 did not get into trouble all at once. It was prolonged incorrect control inputs that did her in. Monitoring the output (aircraft attitude) is not equivalent to monitoring the input.
Aterpster's buddy has made a reasonable expert evaluation.
When a Captain is called back to the cockpit he had better be in troubleshooting mode. Seeing the yoke full aft or nearly so would be cause to ask a loud WTF are you doing!!! On AF447 what he saw was two scared C/Ps and an aircraft that was not following control inputs. Don't tell me that the situations are equivalent.
