Originally Posted by
Capn Bloggs
They did not demand that it wind in full back trim!
So what?
The simple fact is that if they had done the same thing in a Boeing they would have held it in the stall into the water as well.
If you hold the controls full back and never attempt to push the nose forwards then you stall and die.
Originally Posted by
Capn Bloggs
Nor did they demand that the stall warning switch off when below 60 knots!
There you have more of a point, it is certainly not a great design feature, though should not be enough to stop a pilot realising what is going on. I have heard no reason why the stall warner is inhibited below a certain speed but I assume it was a poorly thought through attempt to limit spurious warnings on the ground.
I am also anti auto-trim by the way, I think it removes some SA from the pilot, but I don't think this incident should be blamed on the aircraft. It was pilot incompetence all the way.