Please allow me to translate:
...and I went and responded to the latter of course.
Other than giving the families some relief, pretty much doesn't mean jack squat without the black boxes. Someones gonna get their dick in a ringer big time if weather turns out to be the cause of this accident.
Airline dispatch and the pilots in that case.
That sort of thing is a lot more common than you might want to think. See Air France 447 for just one of aviation's latest anecdotes on such an occurrence.So, a professional pilot does not know that pulling on the stick and high AoA will make the plane stall?
The story just does not sound right.
No, I can't. That said, I've never worked on a plane with such a system so it's possible I don't understand it's operation.
Consider operating a piece of equipment which usually adjusts what you're telling it to do. An example would be anti-lock brakes. Once you understand how they work, you stop worrying about modulating the brakes in exciting conditions, just stuff your foot in and keep steering. Now pull the breaker. Your foot's on the floorboard, steering stops working unexpectedly, boom.
Some of teh google leads me to believe this might be correct. I found a system description of the FAC for a A300 here, and I have no reason to suspect there is any great difference between the A300 and A320. Manufacturers tend to stick with what "works". Reads in part: "Flight Augmentation Computer (FAC) provides yaw damping functions to support rudder control for dutch roll damping, turn coordination, and autopilot assistance in case of engine failure to counter lateral acceleration/yaw during recovery. The FAC also provides pitch trim commands to the THS."
I would never ever try a zoom-climb in a plane like that though.
Still odd. They usually don't go near the limits of the envelope - even safe maneuvers result in relatively high Gs and a massive discomfort for teh cargo - unless Malaysian airlines treat them plebs like dog shit, which is entirely possible.
True enough. Though the pilots aren't supposed to be up and around pulling CB's either. Who knows, pure speculation on my part.We'll see, but yanking back on the controls like that, whether it's in normal law, alternate or with no protections, is hugely wrong in most conditions. The only reason I ever have is to avoid hitting something, like a bird, airplane, etc. Well, also for fun
