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Old 16th Apr 2017, 02:31
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Originally Posted by RubberDogPoop
Derfred, can you confirm the Boeing procedure for encountering "severe turbulence" is to disconnect?????
Lol..

In reality, a severe turbulence encounter may result in an inappropriate attitude which would validate disengaging the autopilot. You then set an attitude as per Derfred's explanation. (Which is also what the book says... right?... or is it just the first sentence in the manuals which is important?)
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