Originally Posted by
Ellen
First, those experienced pilots didn't have common sense.
Secondly, they didn't understand the systems on the airplane and how to get the APU to actually start the engines on the CRJ after a flame out.
This is why systems study is important, and should be taken seriously and brushed up on often. (More often that every 6mo. for a Captain and year for an FO.)
The only thing the pilots of FLG3701 didn't have was professionalism. Oh yeah, and an understanding of high-altitude aerodynamics, and the knowledge that you need to keep speed on that wing at altitude and if you can't keep speed you need to level the ****** off.