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Old 6th Jan 2015, 00:36
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JoeyBalls
 
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Seems to me (after having a few thousand hrs in the Bus) that this airplane was made for third world countries. It was made so educated, extremely low time guys could fly it. The problem is the automation & protections have gone way overboard and seem to have caused more trouble than its worth.

Do we as professional aviators really need ALPHA Prot?, ALPA Floor? TOGA Lock, Alpha Lock, etc..... Do we need to be told when to "retard" the thrust on landing? If you cant figure out that you need to add some thrust or you're going to fall out of the sky, or when you need to pull the power back on landing, you have no place in a C-152, let alone a transport category airplane.........
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