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"AeroTime columnist and pilot Captain Michel Treskin commented that the update shows there was no problem with the aircraft but does paint a scene of confusion
by worik 5y ago
"AeroTime columnist and pilot Captain Michel Treskin commented that the update shows there was no problem with the aircraft but does paint a scene of confusion in the flight deck. "
It shows there is a huge problem with the control systems. Am I the only one who sees it?
It used to be (did it? I am not an engineer) that the controls were hydraulic and connected. So if you tried opposing moves it was immediately apparent. With "fly by wire" not so much.
A good thing the aeroplane landed safely. Others have not
- jhugo 5y agoYou're the only one who "sees" it because you are mistaken. The controls are still connected, as per the Boeing philosophy. Moving one moves the other, unless so much force is applied that the link opens (by design, to allow controlling the aircraft if one set of controls is stuck for some reason). This is a pretty clear example of pilot error; they had all the information needed to understand what was going on (and, unlike on an Airbus, the additional information of needing to fight each other physically through the controls), and failed to process that information into a correct understanding of the situation. The fact that these type of events keep happening at Air France tells you it's not the individual pilots, but rather a training / company culture issue.