On Sep 9, 10:00*am, "Dan Marotta" wrote:
If your spoilers "suck open" and you don't recognize it, you shouldn't be
flying.


Well Dan,

What if the pilot locked the spoilers as part of their using a written
pre-takeoff checklist. Maybe, the detent mechanism was slowly failing
and the first sign of this progressive failure was the first time the
spoilers opened on tow. Maybe they opened in conjunction with some
turbulence after the tow was well under way. Maybe the climb rate was
still 3-400 FPM all the way to release. Do you still agree with your
statement??

Mark