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vanNostrum
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WTF

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Colonel
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Niugini_Flight_73

[quote]The captain had 19,780 flight hours ... The copilot was ineffective and oblivious

The flight path became unstable after autopilot disconnect ...[/quote]

I have been told for decades by the "experts" that basic flying skills are unimportant.

Keep on pushing those buttons.
vanNostrum
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To be fair to the crew they only had like a dozen "sink rate" and glide slope"
warnings after AP disconnect
So, give them a brake
Eric Janson
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Final Report.

[ftp=ftp://www.aic.gov.pg/pdf/FinRpts/2019/A ... Report.pdf]http://www.aic.gov.pg/pdf/FinRpts/2019/ ... Report.pdf[/ftp]

There is talk that the Captain still has his job.
Colonel
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Why not?

No one cares if you crash or not.
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