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Old 26th Jan 2015, 09:23
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"Questions about getting the Airbus into Direct Law by pilot action - if needed, push 2 buttons. There are 3 air data computers (ADR, air data reference unit) - switch OFF 2 of them and the system will fall back to direct law."
No it doesn't. It will change to alternate law and not direct law. Even all three ADR fail you go to alternate law but without protections and 67 degrees bank and 2.5 G is well beyond the demands of commercial flying. It is just theoretical discussion. If Airbus pilots were not trained to regard attitude indicator then they would not have installed it. Pilots are trained to monitor speed and glideslope and again and again we find they don't. SFO B777 last year and Bangalore in 1990 on Airbus are mirror reflections.
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