Where in holy hell does that come from?
UAS is obvious to both seats from lack of speed display on the PFDs. I know my only experience comes from the sim, but the SS response was very positive and I had no trouble determining its relative position by feel alone. Altitude loss is apparent on the PFD from the change in colour from the V/S display, as well as the altimeter itself towards the end of the sequence. If FD is gone then it's a simple matter of using the ADI to determine which direction you should be facing. Outside noise? Use the damn panel to determine what could be causing it! The only aural alarm was Stall Warning - take heed.
This wan't a crew valiantly trying to rescue a situation they were thrown into by technology - this was a crew who couldn't find their a**e from their elbow.
(which was not necessarily their fault...)
* - It doesn't matter what the PF got when - the command was way in excess of what was required from the outset. A ND input is not sufficient in isolation, it needs to be *held*. You don't need to sum them in your head, you have to follow through until the aircraft is doing what is required to recover.
Last edited by DozyWannabe; 11th August 2012 at 01:54.