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Well at least it's not QF
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Plus, I'm not 100% certain how extensive the GA industry is in India, which would be a good indication as to the experience pilots in India have prior to being accepted into the major airlines.
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Yeah, at least it's not Qantas, for a change!
I am getting really sick of and bored that every little thing is getting reported. It's obvious the media have really got it in for QF.
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Out of curiosity.......
If the plane was in level flight (you would assume under Autopilot), how could the FO lean forward and bump the column and cause the plane to nosedive? In Autopilot isn't manual input into the controls unavailable? And I made my assumption about level flight based on the fact the Captain was able to leave the cockpit for a toilet break. Anybody else find that part of the story a little odd? |
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Yeah I'm sick of hearing QF reported too.
Nick that's a very good point. The only thing I can think off is that he either: (a) Disengaged the autopilot in his "panic" (b) The Captain was so desperate/or negligent that he/she went back to use the loo before the a/c was in cruise config. (c) Remembering back to the Aeroflot incident with the kid in the cockpit, perhaps there might be something to do with the autopilot disengaging automatically if one hold the control column (or joystick) banked or forward/back??? But this would be a wild guess.
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The 737 autopilot will enter into CWS or control wheel steering mode. This is still a mode of the autopilot but will enable the ability of the yoke to have input into flight attitudes.
More info avlb on the web. QF had an incident back in 2005 in an -800 where the CWS was engaged by accident. |
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Thanks Radi. Sounds like my wild guess might at least be plausible. Although the media article didn't say, I assume there will be an investigation into the incident.
Back to what I mentioned about flight crew experience in India, I just visited the careers websites for the main airlines to see what their requirements are for flight crew: Jet Airways --> Captain positions on all types require a lot of hours both total time (min 3000), PIC (2000) and PIC on type (500), which is good to see. However, there are no requirements listed for F/Os, with just type ratings required and an incident/accident free flying record. But I assume there are some strict experience requirements as well. JetLite --> Can't find any credible info regarding experience requirements since they are currently not recruiting pilots (which is a big surprise since all the other airlines are still expanding). But since it is a subsidiary of Jet Airways, maybe they either source their pilots from Jet Airways or they have very similar minimum requirements as their parents company. But some websites suggest that being a LCC, JetLite has extremely low hourly requirements for entry. Kingfisher/Kingfisher Red (Formerly Air Deccan) --> Can't find any credible info here either, but some sources suggest F/Os require just 1000hrs total time and a type rating. Air India/Air India Express/Alliance Air/ Indian Airlines --> Seem to require min 1500 PIC and 2000 total time. IndiGo --> Although Captain requirements "seem" adequate, F/O entry seems pretty low. E.g. 700hrs total time + type rating will get you into the F/O seat of an A320. GoAir --> Nothing mentioned about captains, but F/Os who are type rated require min 300hrs total time to apply. Now this I find a tad scary, because that's only about 50hrs more than someone who has completed the Bachelor of Aviation (Flying) course at UNSW. SpiceJet --> Can't find any info, but some sources suggest requirements are relatively low. I also found this which struck me as a little odd: Jet Airways flight attendants requirements - "Marital status = Unmarried" and "Physical Features = unblemished complexion"
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