Thanks, Tex and Bubbers
I look at the transcript and see the PNF call out repeatedly that "we are climbing".
yet the nugget in the other seat keeps pulling and pulling except for a few forward stick movements.
BEAM ME UP!
A basic altitude/speed indicator steam gauge would not have helped in this case due to all the other things the crew believed that HAL was doing to "protect" plus various audio alerts and such. Then there's questionable flight director cues. Gotta admit that if I had thot about UAS from reading previous incidents reports, I would prolly just hold what I had and slow down on any drastic stick inputs. Hell, wasn't like we were gonna hit the ground in a few seconds. That's just my gut reaction.
A simple warning that the air data was questionable for HAL could have allowed the crew to revert to manual flying, ya think?