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Old 5th Oct 2013, 13:47
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Originally Posted by ANCPER

You don't know the disposition of the a/c during the approach or what may have transpired on the FD over the last minute or so,
Well, yeah, actually we do, because the NTSB has released some of the FDR data from just that time period. It was posted earlier in this thread. From the Flight Data Recorder, we know that at 32 ft AGL and 4 seconds before impact, the airplane was 2 degrees nose up. And by the time the nose wheel hit, the airplane was 3 degrees nose down. And we know that the Captain had take over control of the airplane well before that.

And no, I'm not "calling for her head to be served on a platter" Others were claiming she was being treated unfairly by being fired, and I merely commented that being fired is an entirely predictable outcome when you as flying pilot and PIC crash an airplane.

Are you saying that it's not reasonable to fire a pilot who in the absence of extenuating circumstances like Souix CIty) crashes an airplane?

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