General Lee
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General, I have to say that of all the things you have posted in flightinfo, your responses in this thread have been the most ridiculous ever. Airmanship is not only keeping the airplane right side up or going in a straight line, it is also about the decisions made while you are at the controls of the aircraft. So with your logic we can say the A/P showed great airmanship during the last 250 NM of this flight. uba757
Most ridiculous EVER? Come on now. I have had more ridiculous responses for sure. The NWA crew never lost control of their aircraft. What exactly happened above MSP is unclear, but what is clear is they kept their aircraft upright and flew it to the runway. The Colgan crew got into a situation that may have been recoverable but was not in the end. And, some autopilots can manipulate planes into unrecoverable situations, with the help of the pilot via the MCP. The 757/767 can stall using only V/S on the MCP, even with the AP on. And, the Dash-8-400 that Colgan used was a very advanced plane in it's own right. This wasn't an old analog plane, far from it. The PFD has altitude and airspeed tapes that probably showed more information available than most other planes out there. It was operator error.
Bye Bye--General Lee