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Old 06-23-2013 | 10:41 PM
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ShyGuy
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In the Airbus you're commanding load factor and roll rate. In that sense it's a different and unique airplane. But that AF447 crash had a bunch of factors: Fatigue/lack of appropriate sleep, late night flying, storms, turbulence, and unreliable speeds. However, one thing I don't understand is full deflection and holding it. If you're low to the ground, windshear, terrain, go ahead and command alpha max. But if you are high enough, and especially when you don't know what's really going on, the last thing you want to do is command full deflection in any surface, any direction. Not doing anything would have been a far better action. Same with AA587. No matter what the situation or training, full deflection opposing commands on any surface won't do you good. By the time the plane reacts one way, you're already headed the other on the control.