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Forum: Tech Log
21st Mar 2013, 19:52
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

The opinion was sandwiched in between facts -...

The opinion was sandwiched in between facts - namely that the restrictions on CVR publication are outside the control of the BEA, and thus the notion that the BEA are themselves responsible for the...
Forum: Tech Log
21st Mar 2013, 18:15
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

Don't shoot the messenger! The...

Don't shoot the messenger!



The investigatory agencies aren't private entities though, they're usually governmental agencies with a charter that explicitly denotes their independence from the...
Forum: Tech Log
21st Mar 2013, 16:14
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

@jcj: As I'm sure you well know, "censored"...

@jcj:

As I'm sure you well know, "censored" is a loaded term, usually with negative connotations.

The fact is that every CVR transcript ever released into the public domain as part of an...
Forum: Tech Log
20th Mar 2013, 23:44
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

@jcj : The Service Bulletin mandating the...

@jcj : The Service Bulletin mandating the replacement of the Thales AA probes was in effect *before* the AF447 accident. If I recall correctly, the accident aircraft was scheduled to have the work...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Mar 2013, 01:39
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

Having translated the "Mission" statement of that...

Having translated the "Mission" statement of that report (which can be found here) :

http://aerofuites.com/exp-jud-juin-2012/D06715-D06716-178-rapport-definitif-expertise-technique-du-2.pdf

It...
Forum: Tech Log
16th Mar 2013, 20:42
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

"That night" - what night is he referring to? ...

"That night" - what night is he referring to?

And who are the "judical experts"?
Forum: Tech Log
16th Mar 2013, 20:35
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

@Chris Scott - emphatic +1! :ok: @Lyman: ...

@Chris Scott - emphatic +1! :ok:

@Lyman:

Given the notorious flakiness of Italian media (and the Daily Mail's penchant for reprinting every bit of scuttlebutt it can find), I'm convinced the...
Forum: Tech Log
13th Mar 2013, 18:13
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

Hey Bill, Firstly, all forum discussions are...

Hey Bill,

Firstly, all forum discussions are group discussions - so I, or for that matter anyone else, should be free to contribute at will. The PM system exists for more private discussions. ...
Forum: Tech Log
13th Mar 2013, 17:39
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

Yeah - 'cos whoever heard of a private entity...

Yeah - 'cos whoever heard of a private entity being corrupt? :rolleyes:

Look - while the independent agencies are funded by the various governments, the funds ultimately come from taxes paid by...
Forum: Tech Log
13th Mar 2013, 16:01
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

I disagree. Separating one's personal...

I disagree. Separating one's personal relationship from the working relationship is Professionalism 101, and in the case of aviation it's even more important to do so. Making sure that your...
Forum: Tech Log
13th Mar 2013, 13:23
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

@jcj: Not quite - the data is verbatim from...

@jcj:

Not quite - the data is verbatim from the DFDR, it's just rendered differently - i.e. the formatting has changed but the data has not. Ironically, you could make a case that it's like what...
Forum: Tech Log
13th Mar 2013, 00:22
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

Cheers. How so? The only reason the...

Cheers.



How so? The only reason the BEA has been the primary investigatory agency with little outside influence is because no other agency has asked to join in at that level. Don't forget...
Forum: Tech Log
12th Mar 2013, 21:45
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

LW_50, I suspect that while Clandestino's point...

LW_50, I suspect that while Clandestino's point is referring to your post he is - as usual - addressing the gallery and not you specifically. As far as I can tell you're singing from the same hymn...
Forum: Tech Log
12th Mar 2013, 20:46
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

What stake would that be? The A330 is already a...

What stake would that be? The A330 is already a success in financial terms and the pan-European Airbus consortium is going toe-to-toe with Boeing in the global airliner market. How would the...
Forum: Tech Log
12th Mar 2013, 20:29
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

Last time I tried to download those it tried to...

Last time I tried to download those it tried to put a trojan on my computer. Hopefully I'll have more luck this time...

I note that the second (French) document dates to 1990. Given that there...
Forum: Tech Log
12th Mar 2013, 20:04
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

Or the instruments, as per design. The...

Or the instruments, as per design.



The numbers aren't "fiddled". Filtered, maybe - but no more so than is normal for this kind of process and certainly not due to direct human intervention.
...
Forum: Tech Log
12th Mar 2013, 18:43
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

I don't think the scale and timeline have been...

I don't think the scale and timeline have been altered to the best of my knowledge. Unfortunately the PDF conversion has rendered the graphs in a relatively low resolution, but they're still...
Forum: Tech Log
12th Mar 2013, 17:55
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

The NTSB is actually the outlier there. European...

The NTSB is actually the outlier there. European agencies such as the AAIB and BEA tend to only reference crew performance as a whole. The NTSB has courted controversy in the past with individual...
Forum: Tech Log
7th Mar 2013, 00:56
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

What's your definition of "real pilot", bubbers? ...

What's your definition of "real pilot", bubbers?

If you mean pre-FMS/"magenta line", then as Clandestino has pointed out this has happened before to an old-school crew on a NWA B727.

As far as...
Forum: Tech Log
6th Mar 2013, 23:42
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

Agreed - substitute "large" with "large and...

Agreed - substitute "large" with "large and sustained" in my original post.
Forum: Tech Log
6th Mar 2013, 23:23
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

No - the failure to first monitor the aircraft's...

No - the failure to first monitor the aircraft's behaviour *prior* to making control inputs was the problem. The correct course of action was to wait and be prepared to take the controls - but first...
Forum: Tech Log
6th Mar 2013, 22:32
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

TD's post had no mention of flight control law,...

TD's post had no mention of flight control law, and in pitch the aircraft's response is the same in Alt2B as it is in Normal.

"Clearly" to whom? Your supposition is based on the idea that the...
Forum: Tech Log
6th Mar 2013, 22:12
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

Well, the way it's set up is such that if the...

Well, the way it's set up is such that if the aircraft was relatively stable prior to UAS-induced AP disconnect, then it will remain relatively stable without intervention for longer than a more...
Forum: Tech Log
6th Mar 2013, 20:49
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

Well, here's a link to the procedure documents in...

Well, here's a link to the procedure documents in effect at the time, which PJ2 reckoned was more confusing - it's certainly more complex and involved :
...
Forum: Tech Log
6th Mar 2013, 19:38
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

Understood (and I have a similar equation written...

Understood (and I have a similar equation written down from my Air Cadet days!).



Sure - and as HN39 suggests, I think the flightpath in the y axis amounts to "this pitch, at this V/S at this...
Forum: Tech Log
6th Mar 2013, 18:58
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

He's not - he's saying it's a stable flightpath...

He's not - he's saying it's a stable flightpath control (of which pitch attitude is a single factor).



And as has been pointed out, behaving like a scaled-up trainer was not part of the design...
Forum: Tech Log
6th Mar 2013, 16:51
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

Not sure I agree with the first sentence - if HA...

Not sure I agree with the first sentence - if HA manual handling was taught as part of basic conversion training, then there would have been a reinforced mnemonic inside the F/Os' heads that pulling...
Forum: Tech Log
4th Mar 2013, 18:00
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

Well yes, but that's exactly what it's supposed...

Well yes, but that's exactly what it's supposed to do, and pilots converting to the FBW Airbus series are trained on that aspect of the behaviour.



I don't know if "insidious" is the right...
Forum: Tech Log
4th Mar 2013, 17:29
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

I guess it depends on how the phrase is...

I guess it depends on how the phrase is interpreted. Commanding a pitch attitude with the stick will cause autotrim to maintain the pitch attitude at the point the stick was released to the best of...
Forum: Tech Log
4th Mar 2013, 15:17
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

It won't do anything unless the pilot asks it to...

It won't do anything unless the pilot asks it to though!
Forum: Tech Log
4th Mar 2013, 14:58
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

I repeat the question; Even if such an experiment...

I repeat the question; Even if such an experiment were done and your supposition were correct - which it may well be - what practical difference does it make?

It certainly would not constitute a...
Forum: Tech Log
4th Mar 2013, 12:42
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

Well yes, but that doesn't make the Airbus FBW...

Well yes, but that doesn't make the Airbus FBW system bad, dangerous or worse than anything else - it's just an iterative example of how technology has changed. I don't mean to sound disrespectful,...
Forum: Tech Log
4th Mar 2013, 01:45
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

I don't know - I don't even know if it was...

I don't know - I don't even know if it was established. The point I was getting at is that saying "the pilot(s) couldn't hand-fly" is inaccurate and prone to be repeated in that distorted fashion.
...
Forum: Tech Log
4th Mar 2013, 01:02
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

I'm getting that sense of recursive déjà vu...

I'm getting that sense of recursive déjà vu again. We've been over this so many times in the previous threads, so what do we say to a little realpolitik?

CONF, Lyman - I'm sure you and others...
Forum: Tech Log
24th Feb 2013, 00:00
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,595
Posted By DozyWannabe

No - that display only appears if air data from...

No - that display only appears if air data from the pitot system or the ADR is unreliable or unavailable. With overspeed I think you see a red strip appearing to the right of the speed tape and the...
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