Brian - So you want to rewrite history? So the pilots didn't have any problems, they called dispatch to just talk about the weather and all of a sudden they flopped over into the ocean. Is that about it?
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Machine - After the death spiral in the ocean, the response by the other Alaska pilots told the tale. You had guys running their trims all the way up...all the way down, full control movements instead of the cursory half ass 'good enough'....
Half the fleet wouldn't take off the next day after a number of pilots found 'discrepancies' in their trim and flight controls. The fleet was grounded and they admit to finding atleast 3 more jackscrews on their way out.
I don't know how many guys took off then landed abruptly after having problems, or thinking they had problems in flight.
Whatever the case, other jackscrew problems existed and once on the radar pilots started taking notice, and hence, no more crashes.
Last edited by TheRobe; 19th Jan 2013 at 00:47.