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Asiana Pilot Set Throttles He Didn’t Understand to Idle
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| December 11, 2013
| Alan Levin and Jeff Plungis
Posted on 12/12/2013 11:51:55 AM PST by Zhang Fei
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To: Teflonic
Most asian pilots dont know how to manually fly a plane.The guy who wrote the article claimed to have worked as an Asiana flight instructor, so I'd say that unless instructors at other airlines chime in, it's an Asiana-specific phenomenon. Probably boils down to money - more time spent training => less time per pilot spent flying passengers and goods => more pilots required => more salary expense.
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12/12/2013 2:20:18 PM PST
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Zhang Fei
(Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
To: varyouga
According to the book of Arnold, the system has become self aware.
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12/12/2013 6:46:40 PM PST
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Vermont Lt
(If you want to keep your dignity, you can keep it. Period........ Just kidding, you can't keep it.)
To: jim_trent
Actually, not. There was an American pilot that trained airline pilots in the east. He said that there were many other problems that were from their cultural background like never questioning anyone higher in command. They also did not like to get their hands dirty by flying it themselves rather than letting the autopilot do it.
This is true, true, true. Also the company manuals call for the pilot to put the Aircraft into automatic control as soon as possible after take off and leave it there for the whole flight if possible. IOW many of these guys have VERY LITTLE actual stick time, maybe 3 or 4 minutes on a 14 hour flight. They are accidents looking for places to happen and have been very successful at that objective over the last few years.
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12/13/2013 11:05:01 AM PST
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Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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