Originally Posted by
captande
I did a case report on that specific accident in college. It was crazy to look back and see the comments on threads chastising the FO for retracting the flaps when they had the tail stall. Today, that’s the proper recovery taught for that situation.
Regulatory wise I think the 117 rules are the best thing that came from it. “1500” hours though? My 1500 hours is different from yours. You could’ve been ready for the airlines at 500, whereas someone else won’t be ready until 2500. You can’t put a number on experiences in my opinion.
It was a normal stall. Airspeed went unnoticed as it was deteriorating. They were in heavy icing conditions so it appeared that the pilots mistook it for a tail stall and applied that recovery. Was this a result of the fatigue? I would say so. It’s kind of hard to Monday night quarterback their actions, when thankfully we are protected from experiencing their QOL at that time.
I agree with you on the fact you can’t put a number on experience level. How you got to that number obviously separates us. Also the quality of the experience is as well. Would you say someone with 1500 clean hours (no emergencies or ride failures) has more experience than the guy with 250 TT who has dealt with multiple emergencies and a checkride failure (learned from their own mistake)?
I still don’t understand where “1500” hours came from. Both pilots had well over that amount in TT.