I'm really not quite sure what fault 'all the above' are finding in my recent posts. I am on record here for considering the TC and the Line Captain (u/t) incompetent and the F/O of unknown questionable competence. I am not arguing against that.
The question I asked in #758 has not been answered, apart from Capt B who posed further questions.
I will re-phrase in the hope we can get some sensible answers.
Why, when we know that pilot skills are at probably the lowest point for decades, does a manufacturer take away a 'protection' - so as not to 'spoil' the 'choices' of a crew to crash an aircraft? What would have been wrong if the A/T had cut in and applied power as they sank into oblivion?
'All the above' (well, most) are calling for 'better pilots' as the solution. Wake up. Smell that coffee. You are NOT going to get
that solution quickly or easily. Best come up with a different solution?
For glendalegoon
can't handle a failure of a gadget like an autothrottle?
- heard of THY at AMS maybe?