On 28/05/2011 8:59 PM, Peter Frederick wrote:
I believe the recorders indicated repeated stalls as the plane
descended, and ti was slighly nose down on impact. Probably not
complete data yet, anyway.
The biggest problem, I think, is that these planes fly themselves, the
pilots are just along for the ride much of the time, with the result
that they are out of practice at the worst possible time. Manual
flying burns more fuel, I'd guess, so is discouraged.
I'm sure there are some lessons in this event if the people in charge
are wise enough to look for them.
Peter
Bear in mind, that the bean counteres are thinking of a scenario where
there will be no pilots, and pushing the design in that direction.
Cheaper not to have to pay employees etc.
Also, the actuaries have no doubt calculated the risk and are prepared
to accept some losses as being unavoidable.
Randy
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