(April 19, 2018 at 3:35 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:(April 19, 2018 at 2:26 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: You never know how you will react in a situation like that, no matter how much you train. The fact that she was able to keep her cool and do all the right things is impressive.
If she could, she is qualified as any commercial passenger pilot needs to be. If she couldn't, she is a menace to aviation safety and has no business flying passengers.
Lionizing people for just being competent and meeting, but not exceeding, professional standards is insane.
(April 19, 2018 at 2:29 pm)Jehanne Wrote: She wasn't flying the plane, though; the computers were. At 100 adjustments per second, they stabilized the plane almost immediately. The pilot then took control or at least changed her flight plan to descend to 10,000 feet.
I don't think this model of B737 is obligatory fly by wire. If she took the plane off autopilot, then she really was flying it, not just giving suggestions to the computer.
All modern aircraft are fly by wire. The Boeing aircraft (unlike Airbus) have retained the traditional yokes but they are simulated to make things "look and feel" like the hydraulic systems of yesteryear.
