Originally Posted by
Airhoss
There ain’t no “TOGA buttons” to “press” in an Airbus. And nowhere in the dual engine flame out QRH that I am reading right now is there any item that says THRUST LEVER TOGA DETENT. And the QRH does specifically say that APU bleed air starts are okay below FL 150 with airspeed equal to or greater than 135 KIAS. The optimum windmilling air start speed is 280 KIAS. There is a note that attempting to windmill start an engine at slower than 280 Kts if the failure occurred during high power settings (TOGA, MCT or Climb) may cause an engine core lock.
Both of the engines were catastrophically damaged, they weren’t coming back PERIOD.
It takes about 3 minutes to completely read the dual engine flameout QRH if you include all the notes. 3 minutes they didn’t have.
Wether or not He was a butthead to fly with they did everything right given the time constraints they were working under on that day.
Facts. Who cares if he was a rumored jerk, zero fatalities, enough said
Funny reading the non Airbus pilot breakdown of the event.