demons...I blame demons of the mind.
suddenly feeling (without real rational information) that the plane is going to go off the end of the runway and the only thing to do is get it on the ground.
we've seen some ''mind'' things out there.
gender...nothing to do with it, so drop it except for pronouns.
finding out the WHY ? interesting and if the NTSB comes up with the probable cause as: Airplane elevator design flawed, and the whole fleet is grounded, then the pilot might get her job back.
But we all know that it is unlikely.
I've been around flying a very long time. I've seen people go subtly nuts. Or suddenly lack concentration.
I've seen people who have their mind in a different place than the pointy end of the plane.
IF I were the boss pilot at southwest I would have asked the copilot what happened and I would ask the captain what happened...at different times.
the copilot would probably say- I was on profile and everything was fine.
and the captain would say...I got scared and wanted to get on the ground fast...thought we were floating too long...was ''commited'' to landing.
desert 185...the captain would not fly copilot for a time if she was incompetent on the job...or there was suspicion something wasn't right.
Last edited by flarepilot; 5th Oct 2013 at 18:30.