Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
Really? Trim runs pretty slow.
Seems like this guy would have realized something was wrong when his neck tie was skewed 30 degrees. ... like Air France being 17+ degrees nose up at FL370 with the engines at idle ... some things, I just don't get.
Had an FO at a previous airline tweak the rudder trim and the knob stuck due to all the crap that was under it. He left it in position as the airplane's trim slowly ran towards the stop. Even with the knob stuck it was no big deal to control the jet, get the knob un stuck and re-trimmed.
The 73 rudder actually trims pretty fast. Seems I usually have to trim back the other way after activation because I have over adjusted. Anyway...I think Buzz was spot on. The dude was probably trying to figure out why the door wouldn't unlock, as he's feeding in more and more...then the autopilot lets go and you get the full rudder trim as well as all the autopilot compensation taken away at the same time. That thing has a pretty big rudder for such a stubby airplane.