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Old 12-11-2011 | 06:44 AM
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Originally Posted by KC10 FATboy
My ignorance ... why did you have to descend so low? Aren't there known pitch and power settings for the bus?
Yep correct, implemented in the training is the "Unreliable Airspeed" scenario. There is a chart in the QRH for the exact numbers for T/O / Cruise / Approach & Landing.

At cruise the golden numbers are 2.5 Degrees of pitch with approximately 79-80% power.

The reason we descended so low was because the TRI put us in the same stall the Air France crew got into. By the time we were able to cut power put the pitch of the nose down, break away from the buffet and recover we lost that amount of altitude.

The article was spot on regarding the sidestick feature and the other pilot not knowing what the other pilot is doing. Coming from a boeing jet it was one of the hardest things to get use to. The artificial feel is a problem during the first few hours on the plane.
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