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Old 19th Jan 2015, 16:20
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RatherBeFlying
 
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Post AF447

An A330 driver was telling me of the new sim exercise at high altitude with sensors gone u/s.

As per current drill, he switched off the automatics and set pitch and thrust manually.

The instructor then had him restore autothrust. A/T decided there was an overspeed, reduced thrust and things went downhill from there.

During the AF447 discussion, I was wondering when AB would flight test a high altitude stall as it could provide important information to the investigation.

With drone technology, the tests could be flown from the ground.

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