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TRUTH wrote:

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TRUTH wrote:

"khobar" wrote in
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At no time were any of the aircraft flying blind, thus the
established facts as to what happened that day are completely
consistent with what the article claims. Oops.

Paul Nixon

On what basis do you say this? If a pilot cannot see the ground, and
cannot use instruments, how are they not flying blind?

The pilot clearly *could* see the ground ( it was a lovely clear day
).

There is no evidence AFAIK that the pilots couldn't use instruments
either.


Graham





The point is that the article's author says that pilots use their
instruments when flying at that high altitude. So if they're not
instrument trained, aren't they really "flying blind"? (I know I would
be)

The point is, dumbass, that the author doesn't know what in hell he is
writing about! End of story!



The flight instructors said they couldn't fly. That's been reported all
over the news the past few years. And at least one of them couldn't even
spell. How on earth could they pilot 757/767s? How is it realistic to
think that they could?


It doesn't take much talent to steer the plane, after all the hard work
of configuring the plane has been done. They didn't have to know ho to
operate the gear, flaps, etc. All they had to know was which direction
to fly and how to disconnect the autopilot.


btw, are any of the responders to my posts real pilots? If so, are any of
you guys 757/767 pilots (not just simulators)? Are there any Aeronautical
Engineers here who have the education and training to debunk the article
scientifically?

Yes -- a "real pilot" since 1959. I have about fifty close friends who
either fly or have flown for the airlines and they all would say that
you are full of ****.