Always interesting reading when it comes to high Alt jet upset events.
'old rope' was correct to some degree, "leave the auto's etc' in" but having said that hind sight is always a wonderful thing but humans when presented with the abnormal/unusual/different often react or revert back to other ways of thinking despite current training etc,(Air-France A330, perfect Eg) IE reduce thrust, get some spoiler action happening (phew saved the overspeed)& then focus on not busting any ATC laws (going thru an Alt) this compounds the whole situation with all the time in the back of ones mind.....sh1t am in trouble now with the CP, you know 'just culture' & all that crap!!!.
The 'Bus' loves to hang the driver/s & it pays never to take yr eyes off the speedo for too long, in fact in any A/C obviously but with the 'Bus' the very soft auto-flt logic means it feels likes it's way behind the 8 ball just to keep the boguns comfy!:-)
Remember guys these fancy machines are designed by humans, fixed by humans & flown by humans & they are sadly still flying into the side of mountains in perfect mechanical condition so that means there is always gunna be cock-ups from the stick in the sand design stage all the way up to test pilots, how else do we find out errors whether that be human induced or design induced & learn from them?:-)
We ALL learn, this event is just another class-room day.
Wmk2
Last edited by Wally Mk2; 27th Jun 2014 at 03:17.