You still have a college roommate:) Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 23, 2013, at 3:38 PM, Andrew Strasfogel <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 _______________________________________ 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
