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Forum: Rumours & News
21st Sep 2009, 19:04
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

BOAC The equipment I fly does not have an AT...

BOAC

The equipment I fly does not have an AT but it does have an AP which I can cancel out of in an instant with a handy disconnect switch on the yoke, right beneath my thumb. In addition to this...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Sep 2009, 04:00
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

I'm with you on most of what you say. But I...

I'm with you on most of what you say.

But I think perhaps it's more practical to train pilots to retard their own throttles at 27' than it is to run the risk of having what is essentially a...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Sep 2009, 02:49
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

I don't doubt that the investigative report is...

I don't doubt that the investigative report is likely to return the probable cause of the accident as pilot error. Which a plain reading of the facts established would seem to indicate they should....
Forum: Rumours & News
16th May 2009, 19:26
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

I'm not familiar with the ergonomics of the 737NG...

I'm not familiar with the ergonomics of the 737NG cockpit as it relates to the jump seat. But the safety pilot may not have been in a position to make a useful contribution under the particular...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th May 2009, 03:36
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

Experience or focus? Or the experience to know...

Experience or focus? Or the experience to know when to be focused?

Both accident crews were negligent in their duties by allowing things to deteriorate to the point of an imminent stall, but...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd May 2009, 03:09
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

bubbers44 : Do Airbus pilots monitor the...

bubbers44 :

Do Airbus pilots monitor the thrust levers? and if so why?
Forum: Rumours & News
1st May 2009, 23:09
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

chekib Amazing, do Airbus manuals contain...

chekib

Amazing, do Airbus manuals contain instructions on how to use toilet paper too?
Forum: Rumours & News
1st May 2009, 17:32
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

mike I expect improvements in situational...

mike

I expect improvements in situational awareness resulting from the widespread availability of moving map displays has significantly reduced the inherent risks in the procedure. Leading perhaps...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st May 2009, 16:10
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

BOAC: Shortened approach requiring non standard...

BOAC: Shortened approach requiring non standard capture of the G/S from above. Leads to a non stabilized ROD necessitating PL's at idle.

It's hard to mentally put yourself in the exact same...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st May 2009, 03:00
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

Rainboe: But that's the point. With no...

Rainboe: But that's the point. With no autothrottle there's zero chance of the throttles doing anything uncommanded by the crew as in the EHAM...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Apr 2009, 04:36
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

Well they did manage to push the PL's up in an...

Well they did manage to push the PL's up in an attempt to recover the aircraft at stick shaker, but the still malfunctioning RA caused the AT to command them back to idle. With the result that they...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Apr 2009, 00:19
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

No, but given the wealth of real time information...

No, but given the wealth of real time information collected in the modern digital cockpit it ought to be a trivial task to design and implement such a device. And if crews are going to fall asleep...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Apr 2009, 18:29
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

The only stand-out item would probably be the...

The only stand-out item would probably be the TL's being at idle annunciated only by the RETARD caption, speed and configuration would likely have been within limits at that point.

If bitchin...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Apr 2009, 23:16
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

RAT 5 : No lack of that on this forum.

RAT 5 : No lack of that on this forum.
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Mar 2009, 20:47
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

This implies that RETARD is a necessary function...

This implies that RETARD is a necessary function of any A/T system, which itself is deemed to be a necessity presumably because it is safer than simply allowing pilots to control thrust directly.
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Mar 2009, 21:45
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

That was a bus. On the NG the A/T should...

That was a bus. On the NG the A/T should disengage 2 secs after WOW and if it were me going into a place like Congonhas, I wouldn't be relying on the automation to close the throttles.
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Mar 2009, 20:40
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

It's not a design philosophy change it's a...

It's not a design philosophy change it's a programming change. Right now the A/T is programmed to command RETARD when RA#1 sees any value below 27' and it probably needs to be re-programmed to...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Mar 2009, 20:25
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

dimitris lam Again yes, the RA didn't 'fail'...

dimitris lam Again yes, the RA didn't 'fail' which clearly, again is part of the problem, no?

In a correctly designed system the A/T would command RETARD reaching 27' RA and only 27' RA, not -8'...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Mar 2009, 19:40
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

bobcat4 Well learning from the experience of this...

bobcat4 Well learning from the experience of this accident I would suggest that in respect to the NG set-up the overriding design parameter of the RETARD function ought be ensuring that the A/T is...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Mar 2009, 18:06
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

bobcat4 Well, it's debatable whether the...

bobcat4 Well, it's debatable whether the under-speed/over-speed protection available is worth the risk of a single malfunctioning RA surreptitiously placing A/T in the RETARD mode at 2000' and/or...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Mar 2009, 23:13
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

OMG! Could it be things are already worse...

OMG!

Could it be things are already worse than I thought?
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Mar 2009, 04:32
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

Semaphore Sam - yes I would judge your comment to...

Semaphore Sam - yes I would judge your comment to be pre-mature, premature too.

Tee Emm - Point taken. I meant of course the likelihood that if they were a little fast then the PL's were probably...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Mar 2009, 02:43
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

bubbers44 - hope isn't a plan. Rananim:...

bubbers44 - hope isn't a plan.

Rananim: Sounds crazy to me too. But if problems with the man/machine interface continue to crop up in accident reports of this sort with some regularity, then at...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Mar 2009, 01:22
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

Just a thought

From the moment the accident aircraft descended through 1000' AGL on the EHAM RWY18R G/S the crew were guilty of breaching widely established stabilized approach criteria that should have required...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Mar 2009, 03:18
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

safetypee: Presumably this option also...

safetypee:

Presumably this option also assumes a correctly functioning RA#1 with no redundancy?
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Mar 2009, 22:22
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

ant1 Thanks for the explanation. A...

ant1

Thanks for the explanation.

A question.

How many pilots would normally be relying on the RETARD function to close the throttles on this type of approach? In other words, in 99.9% of...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Mar 2009, 18:23
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

Rainboe: So a minor element of an...

Rainboe:

So a minor element of an uncertified configuration of the automation malfunctioned triggering an uncommanded mode the crew were not made aware of - given the TL's were probably at idle...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Mar 2009, 21:50
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

Rainboe: On the contrary. I'm fine with...

Rainboe: On the contrary. I'm fine with automation as long as it doesn't violate the KISS principle by making things more complex than they need to be for a given operation and as long as the...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Mar 2009, 19:34
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

theamrad: The elevator would be...

theamrad:

The elevator would be maintaining ALT, V/S, a pitch attitude or the G/S and it should not be beyond the capacity of a competent crew to co-ordinate manual power adjustments with an...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Mar 2009, 18:44
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

BOAC: "it is easy to fly manual throttles on an...

BOAC: "it is easy to fly manual throttles on an autopilot coupled approach."

I figured as much, thanks for confirming from experience.

The equipment I fly does not incorporate A/T so perhaps...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Mar 2009, 16:36
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

theamrad

So we can perhaps add pax comfort to ease and convenience as reasons for using A/T on the type of approach flown. But I'm having trouble reconciling fairly castigating this crew for their apparent...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Mar 2009, 23:03
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

Rainboe: I'm not really interested in assigning...

Rainboe: I'm not really interested in assigning blame or in lawyers. Boeing are big boys and they can look after themselves.

I want to understand how this accident happened in order to learn from...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Mar 2009, 21:11
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

Rainboe: More like: many people here think...

Rainboe:

More like: many people here think the malfunctioning RA is a significant contributory factor, given its relationship to the A/T. Which it is and undoubtedly will be scored as such by the...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Mar 2009, 03:58
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

Stall recoveries

Every six months for me (US Part 135 ops.) last time was in the aircraft next time will be in the sim. We don't practice stall recoveries from the scenario experienced by this crew though, perhaps we...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Mar 2009, 22:23
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,450,462
Posted By MU3001A

BOAC

Perhaps they didn't but just looked to the simplest engineering solution without regard to malfunctions like this one that could be covered by MEL's and SOP's. Malfunctions that so many commenting...
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