Asiana blames -- Boeing. For not fixing the pilots mistakes

[docmirror]

http://news.yahoo.com/asiana-jet-partly-blame-california-crash-214221920.html

Yup. Asiana today blamed Boeing for the jet not curing the bad flying by the pilots. :mad2:

 

[Jim Logajan]

http://news.yahoo.com/asiana-jet-partly-blame-california-crash-214221920.html

Yup. Asiana today blamed Boeing for the jet not curing the bad flying by the pilots. :mad2:

"However, Asiana argued that the pilots and co-pilot reasonably believed the automatic throttle would keep the plane going fast enough to reach the runway — when in fact the auto throttle was effectively shut off after the pilot idled it to correct an unexplained climb earlier in the landing."
..."Cox, president and CEO of Safety Operating Systems and a former airline pilot and accident investigator, likened it to the cruise control in a car. If a driver sets it for 55 mph (88.5 kph) and then accelerates to pass a car, the driver would expect the cruise control to re-engage when the speed slows to 55 mph (88.5 kph) again."
Hmm. I would have thought the analogy of idling the auto throttle was like that of tapping the brakes of a car to slow down - which permanently disengages the cruise control on all the cars I've driven.