Originally Posted by
ExperimentalAB
Don't forget that Lufthansa pranged a 'Bus with one of those newbs...and neither Pilot had the skil, judgement, or experience to deal with a strong x-wind.
And I'll even go further and say that the only reason we don't see more of that is because 121 regs make the flying incredibly safe already...
pranged...yes... crashed no. In doing some research Lufthansa has exactly TWO accidents in the past 35 years. One in 1974 in which the FE on a 747 failed to open some valves which led to the slats not deploying on take off and causing a stall in which 59 of some 150 occupants were killed. the other an airbus 320 in 1993 which landed with what was called a cross wind but ended up being a tailwind and over ran the runway killing the copilot and one pax. Overall not a bad record compared to many other major carriers.
listen...no reason to break stones over this.... there are certainly pro's and cons to ab into training... and I really have no opinion on whether its used or not... just that it has been used. Pilots with many thousands..even over 10,000 hours have made bonehead mistakes...they are NOT owned only by low time pilots.