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Old 21st Apr 2013, 10:30
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mad_jock
 
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I ain't joking.

And it ain't funny that basic concepts and skills are getting washed away by automation.

I had a pitot system icing problem in cloud and turbulence a month ago in the climb.

You won't find it in any of the incident rags.

Because after I pitched up 2 degrees to 14degs the airspeed was still rising when I would have expected it to come back by 10knts. So I ignored it and went back to my normal climb attitude and made sure all the pitot icing gear was on as well as the airframe then had a look at the FO's ASI which was reading what I expected. Then gave him the rest of the sector and grounded it.

Had I not known that attitude plus power equals performance maybe I would have continued to pitch the nose up until we stalled then hauled back on the stick defeating the stick shaker and then told the FO all the way down that I don't understand what's happening.. Who knows....
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