Thank you for your opinion, but I still think my opinion is
valid and you are free to ignore anything you want.

My flying was 95% single pilot, in all weather and in a wide
range of airplanes. I learned to read and interpret on my
own, didn't have a dispatcher or co-pilot. When I did fly
with a crew as captain, my rule was simple, I'm not perfect,
I expect you (the co-pilot) to tell me what you think, I
will NEVER get mad at you unless you don't speak up and we
kill somebody. My co-pilots always seemed happy. I shared
legs but never deferred my authority. I also never made a
crewmember feel useless or ignorant.

The people who have flown the "big iron" seem to agree with
me, except for a few knee-jerk, "don't speak ill about
pilots" and "wait a year" for the NTSB folks. I know the
basic principles on the operation of a Boeing. I've even
taught a few Boeing engineers, USAF KC135 drivers, and
picked their brains to increase my general level of
experience.

BTW, the 737 intake is not quite that big. I would like to
have the ops manual for the SWA and the model Boeing 737 in
question, but I do not. I do not have the MDW weather for
the period before and after and I don't need it to have an
opinion. The NTSB will get all that and more. They will
have the cockpit tapes and the a multi-channel FDR. They
will know whether the crew was properly briefed on the
approach and landing and whether each switch was properly
set. There will be details landing data calculations. In
the end, some causes and factors will be reported.

But until then, somebody might gather a little info and not
have an accident if they hear about a POSSIBLE reason for
this accident.

BTW, wrenching on an airplane and knowing the mechanical
systems does not qualify you to fly that airplane in LIFR
conditions or to even understand the dynamic of a landing
from a pilot's point of view, what are your pilot
credentials and experience? Gee, this can be fun.

--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

--
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But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
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"RST Engineering" wrote in message
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| Macklin, with all due respects, since the largest thing
you've flown would
| fit into a 737 intake duct, why don't you just shut the
f*** up and listen
| to the people who have flown them.
|
| I've wrenched on them for a few thousand hours and can
explain how the
| landing gear squat switch works, but I'm not about to do
that since my last
| honest tweak on them was some forty years ago.
|
| If you don't have direct experience, bug OFF.
|
| Jim
|
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|
| "Jim Macklin" wrote
in message
| newsc5nf.25869$QW2.7007@dukeread08...
| Sounds like something that should have been done.
|
|
| --
| James H. Macklin
| ATP,CFI,A&P
|
| "lynn" wrote in message
|
oups.com...
| | Above 10 feet radar altimeter, you can manually deploy
the
| flight
| | spoilers (8 panels).
| |
| | Below 10 feet radar altimeter and engines idle, flight
(8
| panels) and
| | GROUND spoilers (4 panels) are armed and can be
manually
| deployed prior
| | to touchdown, wheels spin-up, or Rt. strut
compression.
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