Posts by user "KSINGH" [Posts: 52 Total up-votes: 0 Pages: 3]

are you saying a third pilot or a cabin crew with minimal (see none) technical knowledge, less rigorous training and more often than not a fairly small female?

and frankly having spoken to some of these cabin crew who are quite open about their mental \x91struggles\x92 I can\x92t say I\x92d feel more secure with them sat out of my eye line but within reach of certain critical controls\x85.

wasn\x92t the 2 person rule initiated after Germanwings and then quite quickly abandoned because many airlines saw the risks of cabin crew in the flight deck more routinely with a single pilot as more of a risk factor than the alternative?

as per the report- at *most* 1s apart, particularly significant given that it has been mentioned the recording interval of the DFDR is 1s

also I don\x92t know if we\x92ve had an adequate answer to the fact of what data streams the DFDR records, was it only detecting the electrical signal of fuel cut off or the actual position of the toggles- I don\x92t believe it would be the latter which opens an entirely different rabbit hole

I feel foolish for not having considered this part of it

of course when both engines spool down they\x92ll be left in the Boeing equivalent of EMER ELEC, I can\x92t say I know but I would assume this episode take out everything in front of the FO who was PF at the time, the RAT would\x92ve taken time to come online

it would\x92ve been a truly startling event, I wonder if that is when the FO went \x91heads inside\x92 and saw the position of the cut offs or cycled them?

I don\x92t think there\x92s much to say other than they were entirely accidental and inadvertent

in the instances I know of they were in the cruise and thus the flights were almost entirely unaffected (thrust restored very swiftly)

on every take off/landing? Even for short haul?

let\x92s be honest, airlines would never suggest topping up their flying deck crew requirements/costs by 50% especially when many (outside of the US) are struggling to get qualified people in the seats as it is

unrelated objects interfering with the engine masters is what we were told

that would surely involve a safety directive at this stage though?

I had posted before (and it had been deleted for some reason) that is appears as if air india is taking a substantial hit on their widebody capacity at the moment and keeps cancelling routes right now (the latest being LGW), could they be doing specific extra maintenance/ checks having more insight than almost any other stakeholders at this point?

The more I ponder on this the more I feel like the final outcome may be very unsatisfying-we may get a detailed report on the how but not the why and the result will become a Rorschach test- we will apply our own biases and come to our own judgements

already I don\x92t know how we\x92d ever be able to prove intent vs action slip unless there\x92s a \x91note\x92 recovered at one of their homes (but you\x92d have thought that would\x92ve been known already long ago)

no one\x92s life is perfect nor can we know what anyone is really dealing with internally vs their external persona

but there\x92s a huge difference between an innocent mistake and intentional even if both are HF and the way you\x92d try and mitigate either would vary greatly

WSJ being leaked to again and they are not even trying to hide the fact that it is US officials doing the leaking as with the leaks in the days before the preliminary report

it\x92s hard to justify this and it does just make the AAIB\x92s job more difficult, would the NTSB appreciate Indian entities leaking to the Indian media before a preliminary and then final report?

im not saying it\x92s correct but it does only fuel the simmering Indian (domestic) audience\x92s views of a US/Boeing \x91coverup\x92

what new details were actually revealed here, it didn\x92t counter the facts laid out by the AAIB prelim at all so it\x92s not like we can claim the AAIB is covering up and the US has to issue counter factuals (as with the China Eastern 737)

has the Indian media cited the AAIB as a reference? A lot of people have spouted nonsense on this subject regardless of nationality- the most popular aviation influencers/commentators have changed their stories about 3-4 times already and amplified outright Misinformation

im not sure how that justifies those with privileged information clearly on the US side leaking undermining the official investigation that is being run with international observers from multiple countries and in line with ICAO guidance

I\x92m not saying it is but it gives off more fuel to idea that Boeing has deep sway inside the US elites and institutions

your last paragraph is conjecture, we can speculate but the job of the investigators is to be 100% accurate, it\x92s easy for us to sit on the sidelines and throw out whatever theories we like but their responsibility is much higher

if US entities aren\x92t happy with the tone/substance of the preliminary report their is a mechanism for them to provide there own findings at a later date, this cloak and dagger selective leaking stuff really is uncalled for

worse than that it absolutely will erode trust

the AAIB(India) doesn\x92t appear to have tried to play any evasive games and has allowed all stakeholders (OEM, fleeing investigators from multiple countries etc) to be a party the investigation as they are entitled to. That one specific party whether by intent or a lack of ability to keep control of their own personnel has continuously leaked behind the lead investigators and that too not actually providing contrarian views just leaking to present a specific narrative, for reasons we can all surmise, is a genuine concern

I remember many questioning the AAIB(India)\x92s ability to run a competent and neutral investigation well it doesn\x92t seem like the US probe it being run in such a fashion

there were no immediate safety bulletins recommended in the prelim report, the AAIB/Indian government has done nothing to harm the interest of any OEM, why this rush to create this targeted narrative when human factors investigations by their very nature are more complex and convoluted than pure technical ones? Why can\x92t the facts be determined by the lead investigators?

Leaking CVR details is absolutely despicable and I would\x92ve thought a professional pilot\x92s forum would be more outraged by \x91persons familiar with the investigation\x92 mouthing off to the media