Going on a flight tonight?

[Dropp the Pilot]

This just in from an incident which killed 104 innocents -

"He then took control of the aircraft, without warning, via the sidestick priority button and maintained the nose-down input, while the first officer was simultaneously - and in vain - pulling back on his own sidestick."

Check the aircraft type on your boarding pass and remember American Express maintains kiosks at the airport which provide life insurance at competitive rates.

Or just pick a properly designed airplane to travel on.

[Calmcavok]

To shed some light on the above:

Illusion and ambiguous control led to Afriqiyah A330 crash (http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/illusion-and-ambiguous-control-led-to-afriqiyah-a330-crash-382873/)

[donpizmeov]

Come on drop, you can do a better wind up than this. Your getting lazy.

The Don

[bvcu]

what aircraft would that be then ? mechanical system on 767 and same result a few years before......!

[halas]

So do CX 330's

halas

[halas]

Or a Jet* 320 on the opposite runway, same airport, do something just as dumb.

halas

[willfly380]

why why why do we always make it about A VS B.
All airplanes are equal.. some more than the others.Deal with the short comings. learn and train these mistakes.Compensate the short comings by SOPs and technique.
A is here to stay and so is B.

[Payscale]

Good man. I agree.
Why dont we slag Toyota Echo cars instead...

[Dg800]

what aircraft would that be then ?

Probably the one with the big red "Eject other pilot" button, like in those James Bond movies? :E
When crew coordination goes completely south there is not one system that will always guarantee a safe outcome.

[vfenext]

Somatogravic Illusion doesn't care what aircraft you are flying.

[Schnowzer]

Yep, used to be horrific in fast jets over the ocean at night. Amazing how these crashes go back to the basics of scanning that were hammered home in the 40s and that even with correctly operating FDs, poorly trained crews manage to screw it up.