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Old 7th Feb 2015, 18:32
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anything less than 1.00 positive G is uncomfortable, unfamiliar, non-intuitive, and frowned on by management.
I guarantee that meeting the surface of an ocean @10,000fpm is even more uncomfortable...

If the nose does not do as you command it in a 320, the trim is yours!
Every part of an aircraft should ALWAYS do as its commander commands it - else he does not '...have final authority as to the disposition of the aircraft...' as required by the Chicago Convention.

How on earth did we end up designing and accepting aircraft that the pilot cannot COMPLETELY override if necessary, and automation that confuses, confounds, and when the fecal hits the turbine, leaves you to recover from an unusual and precarious situation requiring counter-intuitive actions?
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