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Question for 777Tiger and other big jet pilots
Posted on 1/26/15 at 4:17 pm
Posted on 1/26/15 at 4:17 pm
What do you think about the issues that come up from time to time where pilots lose control of a plane because they are fighting the automatic systems? I understand that it is more of an issue with pilots from Asian countries and that pilots trained in the U.S. are more attuned to actually flying the plane.
I'm assuming that with most major airlines that the pilots who are flying the jets are experts at addressing issues that can't be covered by the automatic flight systems.
My dad (career USMC pilot) says "it doesn't matter who your pilot is until things go wrong."
I'm assuming that with most major airlines that the pilots who are flying the jets are experts at addressing issues that can't be covered by the automatic flight systems.
My dad (career USMC pilot) says "it doesn't matter who your pilot is until things go wrong."
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Posted on 1/26/15 at 4:18 pm to chinhoyang
well the last plane shouldn't have been flying through that thunderstorm to begin with....i will let the pilots answer the questions though
Posted on 1/26/15 at 4:19 pm to Topwater Trout
I'm not being disrespectful to the pilots. I have a great deal of confidence in airline pilots, at least with the airlines I fly on.
Posted on 1/26/15 at 4:20 pm to chinhoyang
I didn't say you were I am interested to see the responses.
Posted on 1/26/15 at 4:25 pm to chinhoyang
combination of training, experience, and in some cases culture, and not a small part is the corporate climate at the airline, most airlines exceed the FAA standards when it comes to training and experience requirements, however that isn't the case with some of the "fly by nights," and certainly not the case with a lot of foreign carriers, your dad is correct, we don't get paid for when things are operating normally, having said that, there I go but for... 
Posted on 1/26/15 at 4:30 pm to 777Tiger
What are your thoughts about alternate law setups on Airbus jets? I found the whole situation with AF447 to be really weird. My pilot experience is shite, and only involves rickety pipers, so I don't know much about control setups on commercial jets.
Posted on 1/26/15 at 4:34 pm to 777Tiger
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777Tiger
You fly commercially or for a carrier like FedEx?
Posted on 1/26/15 at 4:38 pm to 777Tiger
Do you know much about Qatar Airways or Emirates? In terms of corporate climate, training, etc I mean.
Posted on 1/26/15 at 4:41 pm to chinhoyang
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I understand that it is more of an issue with pilots from Asian countries and that pilots trained in the U.S. are more attuned to actually flying the plane
I think the issues with Asian pilots is that the copilots never question the authority of the pilots. I believe that is what caused the crash at SFO a few years ago.
Posted on 1/26/15 at 4:46 pm to stringer_bell
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What are your thoughts about alternate law setups on Airbus jets? I found the whole situation with AF447 to be really weird. My pilot experience is shite, and only involves rickety pipers, so I don't know much about control setups on commercial jets.
most of my experience has been in Boeing jets, what little I know about Airbus is from friends that fly it/teach on it, and reading accident reports, some of their design logic seems funny to me, the positive outcome from catastrophes such as Air France 447 is that systems/procedures are usually changed for the better, always striving to reduce/eliminate the odds of it happening again
Posted on 1/26/15 at 4:51 pm to 777Tiger
Can turbulence take a plane down?
Posted on 1/26/15 at 5:04 pm to MillerMan
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Can turbulence take a plane down?
Of course, some have been ripped apart.
Posted on 1/26/15 at 5:16 pm to 777Tiger
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