Originally Posted by
Nordhavn
It would be strange for a 20000 hour pilot to make this kind of error. Granted, he had 500 or so hours on the tripple but this is a VERY experienced aviator. Maybe it is just as simple as you state but some of us don't see a man with this much stick time dropping the nose @30 degrees in a matter of seconds for a non alert configuration snafu.
Glass cockpits have some features that are initially counter intuitive.
Speed limit indicators that come
down and an altitude tape that comes down indicating a climb.
Asking for flaps 5 followed by an expectation bias (speed limit moving up) and a speed limit moving down (flaps 15) could lead to an impulsive reaction of pushing pitch down to stay out of the “red”.
At least it can’t be ruled out as a possibility.
Was the PF prior experience mostly on analog?
Was the PM somewhat passive?
Did they have a prior experience, as in a Captain that starts every conversation with “on the classic we….” vs a FO that hit every downturn in the industry (number of types?) that’s just there for the paycheck? No offense but it’s a human factors combination we cannot rule out.