Originally Posted by
Otto Throttle
The press and some contributors seem to be making the assumption that the "Don't do that" on the CVR corresponds to some catastrophic pilot action. I'm struggling to think what could have been changed or deselected at this point in flight which was instant and irreversible.
So am I.
I would just caution against reading too much into those words; I'm surprised that no-one has pointed out one obvious possibility; that he was talking to the
aircraft - hey it happens; some of us do anthropomorphize a little... it will depend on the intonation and correlation with FDR events.
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