bobdc6
Are these engines FADEC?
Are these engines FADEC?
If you’re properly trained and experienced
these authrottles if similar to the B-767/757 need to be monitored carefully, Ive experienced one throttle moving much farther forward or rearward from the other (B-767) due to some mis-rigging issue, but it was readily apparent as the levers split as well…
“It has also been reported that pilots on an earlier flight in the same aircraft experienced an autothrottle malfunction.”
Yeah, this. Forewarned is forearmed.
Currency-Training and Cockpit Recourse Management.
No, this is way worse. With the 737 Max accidents I was willing to cut the pilots some slack and put a lot of the blame on Boeing because they changed the auto-trim behavior in subtle ways and didn’t tell anyone.
If the report is accurate, this is a straightforward split throttle / asymmetric thrust rollover. There’s nothing new here. Check me on this: Autothrottle on Boeings actually moves the throttle levers, right? Even if not, the problem at hand should have been obvious from a glance at the engine gauges. This is looking like a blatant failure to fly the airplane in the face of a minor failure.
Underlying it, of course, is there appears to be an equipment failure based on a previously reported problem. This speaks to a “live with it” attitude toward maintenance that also figured in the Lion Air 610 accident.
Having flown the older glass and auto-throttle Boeings, 737,57,67 I flew with manual throttle manipulation much of the time. In fact, I didn’t like giving up a leg to the automation so flew them like a 727 until reaching altitude and loved every minute of it…only then did I hook everything up. Automation seems to breed auto idiots.