Originally Posted by
Blockoutblockin
Even if both pilots had received all the sleep that everyone would agree allowed them to operate at their optimum level of performance, would the result have been different?
I'm curious just how much ice they accumulated on the wing. Did not other aircraft go through the area just prior to the accident?
Crews that are fatigued make more mistakes every time. Every accident is a chain of mistakes. It only takes catching one of the mistakes to break the chain and prevent the accident. My worst performances have always been when very tired. One eye opener is serving as a relief pilot international. You get a gods eye view and see all the mistakes. The rest the crew has received is directly proportional to the mistakes made. Just one of them catching the airspeed reduction would have saved the day.