DoinTime
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FreedomAList said:"CORE LOCK" is the very, very thin straw that ALPA lawyers are grasping at to divert attention from the pilots (who hosed themselves, truely(!) sorry to say). I AM a CRJ driver, and the MINIMUM airspeed for a windmilling start is 300kts (and more like 335). . . and they NEVER got above 248 kts (if I'm reading the NTSB hearing transcripts right). 0% N2 fan rotation . . . and they dumped fuel on it and tried to light it! Then did it AGAIN! Can you say MELTDOWN? Pilot error followed by pilot panic and more pilot error.
Bombardier tests EVERY INDIVIDUAL CRJ coming off the line for core lock through flight tests - - and in the RARE cases they encounter it, they have break-in procedures to ensure it doesn't re-occur. Three days of NTSB hearings, and it's darned obvious this was 2 chuckleheads doing everything wrong, over and over and over.
Course you don't see that on the ALPA website. Oh no, it's NEVER the pilot's fault, ESPECIALLY WHEN ITS THE PILOTS FAULT. It's "core lock" . . . a sexy sounding, highly unlikely (but admittedly possible) phenomenon that diverts attention from what really needs to be addressed . . . pilot professionalism.
But I'm no engineer We'll see what the NTSB rules soon enough. Definitely no FADEC on the CRJ 200. FADEC is the greatest thing since sliced bread, IMHO.
You obviously practice very selective reading of the NTSB transcripts. Whats it like to be so ignorant?