Originally Posted by
River6
A few recent crashes that had Captains all trained by the Uniited States military.
Captain Edward States AMR flight that crashed in Queens
All were contibuted to pilot error. Accidents happen and will continue to happen for some ex-military/aviation expert to say the Colgan Captain was not as well trained as military pilot is a crock!
Originally Posted by
Lab Rat
If I'm not mistaken, the f/o on the Queens crash was at the controls and he was a civilian - former American Eagle pilot.
Hard to recover the aircraft after your copilot sheds the vertical stab ecause he has a bad case of "happy feet".
Please, both of you, educate us on what those "happy feet" entailed?
Or rather, what was the AA crew trained to do by their airline when encountering an upset?