Originally Posted by
Jonty
Give it a go in the sim and see if you do any better. Plenty have tried and failed.
Try what? Ditch? Return to LGA? The majority of RTB's to LGA were successful. I think it was 7/8 to rwy 13, 2/4 to rwy 22, and 0/1 to rwy 31.
What's disappointing is the NTSB and Airbus havn't explained to pilots what steps helped, or hindered, the ability to recover the aircraft at LGA.
The NTSB report has the FDR readout. They were below green dot when the bird strikes occurred, got slower, Sully took over and accelerated, and then ultimately slowed to slightly above stall speed despite thinking he was comfortably above Vls. Stress will do that. The FBW protections were a huge part of the successful outcome.
Starting the APU kept them in Normal Law. That kept the AOA protection that was key to a successful outcome. Are you flying a FBW Boeing? Does starting the APU keep your FBW Boeing in Normal Law?