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Air Asia 8501. When will we learn?
It is becoming clear that the probable fate of Air Asia 8501 is that it is at the bottom of the ocean after losing controllability at high altitude in heavy thunderstorm activity. Fair enough, except none of those things should have made the least difference to a safe landing. Pilots encounter thunderstorms every day worldwide. It’s a routine part of the job. So why did this one make a difference? (www.americanthinker.com) Daha Fazlası...
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It seems to me the emphasis on autopilot use comes from the accounting office's desire to reduce fuel costs. In my experience, cruise control improves my gas mileage, but not my ability to handle the unexpected. Does the savings of fuel overall pencil out against the cost of an occasional aircraft loss due to atrophied pilot skills?
No one will know the exact cause until the flight recorders are analysed. There are indicators as to the cause but never assume the cause and outcome. May be one or more of human factors, training, maintenance, fatigue (pilot and metal), meteorology, faulty or sub standard parts, systems failures etc. so the answer is:
Wait.
Wait.
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Amongst all this talk of a stall, it must be noted that while stall recovery in a light aircraft, as one is learning to fly, is a basic, but it is rarely, if ever practiced by a big iron pilot. It is not even a part of most SIM programs. There is generally a 15-20kt spread in airspeed. Should it happen, the startle effect could just overwhelm a flight crew and because it was so rare, and just overwhelm a flight crew as to how to handle it.
It really doesn't matter what the result of the recent investigation says. If - as the author says - one or two hand flights during the climb out to 10,000 feet and during approach from 10,000 feet per month will validate an aviators skills, then how could it hurt to do so? I have no flying experience - except in the seats of an airplane - but I do have Information Technology experience. And I know that when the computer malfunctions or the software has a flaw, there's a definite negative outcome on the functionality. No one should trust computers 100 percent, including the folks who fly airplanes.
It is unlikely that the crash is due to something as simple as loss of control -- the pilots would have been able to send out a distress call. More likely the plane disintegrated suddenly and without warning.
