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Originally Posted by A3Twenty
There is no doubt pilots failed to comply with procedures , but in my opinion, the airplane showed three design failures, some known long ago.
1.The side sticks are not connected.
2.Pitots getting iced.
3. The stall warnings stops before you are reaaly out of stall.
My 2 cents.
Yes, they failed to comply with procedure and the key lies in why.
Would you care to speculate as to why the crew failed to recognize the need to follow the UAS procedure?
I think the only real design failure is in allowing stall warning to stop while the aircraft was/is still stalled.
1.Why did they fail to use the UAS? Probably lack of experience , but I don`t want to expeculate.It`s going to be never ending discussion.
2.Don`t you think pitots getting iced is a design problem?? Airbus does , even before the accident when they recommended operators to change it.
3. About the sidesticks , well , is something you get used to , but nobody can say it is great not to know what your coleague is doing until it has already done.The proof is this accident. Was it a boeing and the other pilot would know from the very begining his coleague was constantly puling the column.
Note:I fly the airplane for almost 10 years and like it , but I assume it has imperfections.