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Lost autopilot controls--Pilots struggle
Would love to read the final report on this incident. Were there other aircraft issues, or had the pilots lost their skills to fly a plane manually? (www.flightglobal.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
absolutely astonishng.... Flight managers having to be pilots again, and not very good pilots at that. Remembering instrument training, i had to fly one hour sessions, and then longer ones to gain the skill, competence and confidence to smoothly manipulate the controls. Airlines are not eager to mandate manual flying refreshers to keep piloting skills, as that would be a cost not connecting to revenue. Glider flying is a dandy way to keep the feel and the coordination, at little real cost. This revelation happens not often, but it clearly points out the problem of button pushers, auto-pilot watchers, losing their piloting skills, endangering their passengers as well.
It’s amazing how good you look and accurate you are while hand flying when you have mastered the art of “trimming”!
Gimly glider?
Patrick Smith said that a copilot he was flying with objected to him hand flying the plane.
Amazing...
And the NTSB has been saying that 'today's pilots depend more on automation than they should'.
I've been on flights where we have a little bit of a roll one way, or the other. No weather is out there that I can see. I used to do the same thing myself in the 172 I was flying. It's fun. We are actually FLYING! It's a thrill. I wish I would have kept it up, but I have severe vertigo. Damn...
Hand Fly The Damn Plane! If you never learn on a stick, that's just lame...
Amazing...
And the NTSB has been saying that 'today's pilots depend more on automation than they should'.
I've been on flights where we have a little bit of a roll one way, or the other. No weather is out there that I can see. I used to do the same thing myself in the 172 I was flying. It's fun. We are actually FLYING! It's a thrill. I wish I would have kept it up, but I have severe vertigo. Damn...
Hand Fly The Damn Plane! If you never learn on a stick, that's just lame...
Pilots need to know how to fly the plane and not rely on automation.
Brings some queries about the 737MAX crashes as well.....just sayin....