Originally Posted by
MD11Fr8Dog
Never to mention the bunkie FO sitting in the 'smart' seat....
Yes - I'm sure that things would go much smoother if there were autothrottles to keep the speed from getting to slow, visual cues on the speed tapes, verbal messages coming through warning of slow speed, and a pilot(s) sitting in the seat next to you (or behind you)n then we'd not have these problems - - but adding another warning is going to fix it.
Guess it could have been the 6th level of safety that would have saved the day - or it might have been the 6th level of safety ignored that day.
There was once a midair between to fighters practicing dogfighting.
They had violated FIVE (5) of the CURRENT air-to-air training rules briefed prior to every such flight. The safety board decided that adding 2 or 3 more rules would fix the problem.
This sort of reminds me of that.
