Tareq
At 08:28 AM 1/27/97 -0600, you wrote:
>Hugo,
> The report is available from columbian gov. I suggest a review might
>answer your questions. In any event, the 757 has valid reasons for not
>retracting spoilers with the addition of power. There are several reasons
>for wanting to maintain high RPM while descending and having the spoilers
>deployed is one way of doing it. Remember that these are in-flight spoilers,
>not ground spoilers (which activate and deactivate on various parameters).
>The report explains this very well and I do not see any design flaw in this
>system arrangement.
> As for the pilot's ability: Both pilots were plenty experienced
>according to the report. However, I do not believe that their experience
>flying planes in general is at issue. More likely, the issue is whether or
>not the FMS display adequately supported situational awareness in this case.
>It appears that it did not. When looking at accidents like these, I like to
>ask myself (being a pilot) If I were in this situation could I have made the
>same mistake? I also ask if the accident would have occured if the cockpit
>had been "steam gauges" instead of "glass". I find it hard to believe, in my
>analysis of this accident, that it would have occured in a steam gauge
>aircraft..
>--
>Donald Anders Talleur email: dtalleur_at_uiuc.edu
>Institute of Aviation- Willard Airport
>Aviation Research Laboratory- 244-8687
>Pilot Training- 244-8606
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>If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything!
>(Bill Lyon: Philadelphia)
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