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None of it is designed nor programmed by Pilots. That's why you HAVE to be suspicious of it.
I believe Humankind's greatest achievement was going to the moon AND coming back. And it's very telling... The Astronauts, Drivers, Chiefs, Bwanas, whatever you demand they should be called, insisted that the voice they heard on the radio, was one of them, not a scientist, not a manager, not a systems designer. Another person that did exactly the same as they did.
There was inherent trust in the operation because there were checks and balances in the system that removed ego and intransigence.
Our profession hasn't been so fortunate. This profession has degenerated to the point where the wrong people have authority, not because they deserve it, but because they can quote chapter and verse.
There have been posts on this thread that really want to find the Captain at fault because... he is a local! Well thinking outside of the box just might allow this investigation to develop more, into looking into the extenuating circumstances of this accident.
Yep, bigots might say it's to protect the local, but if the investigation delves into the training culture and finds an issue with it, pilots all over the world will be glad there was an indigenous commander at the controls, because his country will stand behind him. And it's a very good thing because the investigation won't be so bigoted and will look beyond him, unlike the Uk and Captain Stewart who landed his 747 without much fuel...And I hope they castigate the training regimes they have inherited. The training culture, clearly leaves a lot to be desired.
2, 7,000+ hour pilots, that flew a G/A without increasing thrust... Neither of them... That has nothing to do with nationality, that points to the fact they have been in the wrong training environment, professionally, for a very long time.
The cause of this accident is to do with a lot more than Auto anything.
Last edited by 604driver; 15th Sep 2016 at 10:24.