My college roommate is an expert on "human factors" and he agrees 100 percent that it was the excessive reliance on automated controls, plus a Korean cultural inclination to reinforce this reliance, that led to the crash.
On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 10:31 AM, WILTON <[email protected]> wrote: > B-52 crews include at least four (sometimes, six, if you include > instructor pilot and instructor navigator) highly-trained, reasonably > well-paid individuals, pilot, co-pilot, navigator and > radar-navigator/bombardier, whose duties include monitoring altitude and > airspeed. I've flown many hours in B-52's at low (sometimes, very low) > altitude. > I've always maintained that there is no aspect of flying more important > that altitude. On alert, we'd often have discussions about which is more > important, airspeed or altitude. They're both very important, of course, > but I adamantly maintain that altitude is most important, 'cause, if ya > have some altitude, you can get some airspeed. I "pounded" into my > students that "you must NEVER let altitude equal terrain elevation beneath > you or immediately in front of you, unless you're on the ramp or on a > runway; if you do, you're sure as Hell not gonna have any airspeed long." > Yet, several B-52's have flown straight and level into rising terrain or > have descended gradually into level terrain. Another point I stressed was, > "Don't be bashful about speaking up; if you see something that's not right, > LET US ALL HEAR ABOUT IT! 'Please, excuse me,' is not necessary." > Timidity has no place in a cockpit. > > Wilton > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
