Mach92
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- Dec 3, 2001
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we need to teach "pitch+power+configuration=performance"
As a professional pilot you should be able to fly your aircraft without airspeed. This was taught to me in basic training.
It was at night, over water, heavy T-storms, probably getting the sh!t beat out of them. I read somewhere that the flight plan was at max range. This explains why they did not take the route a LH 747-400 that departed some 30 minutes before they did. That flight plan was west and north to stay clear of the weather. Just a lot of bad choices before they left the gate.