When I look back to flying the B737-200 in the 1980s or the B707 in the 1970s I recall...
Well if we look at the number of crashes there were on approach/landing in the 60s/70s/80s I'm quite sure pilots did loose track of what the plane is doing from time to time - it's just that the outcome was usually very much different.
Unfortunately, I think this will happen more and more in the future.
The question is. How can we stop this from happening?
Protections kicked in when needed. What more do we need?
For this to be AF (again) post AF447 is really worrying
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If this incident occurred on say a BA or Lufthansa flight would the relevant authority even be investigating it?
Golf-Sierra