Originally Posted by
RetiredF4
Because the basics of flying you are talking about should be a knowledge base any pilot from model pilot to transport pilot should have, and that's the point i totally agree with you.
That's essentially what I'm saying too - however I do think that his sailplane qualifications and experience have some bearing on the *reporting* and *discussion* of AF447. You've got several posters waving around accusations of total automation dependency - saying the crew were incompetent and unable to handfly in any way, when that was clearly not the case.
I'm not, and never was arguing that flying a glider does or should "qualify" one to handle an airliner, I was simply saying that the PF could handfly to a reasonable level - certainly proficient enough to know that you neither maintain a straight and level flightpath nor escape a stall by consistently pulling up.