Re:Post-Mortem for Google Compute Engine’s Global Outage on ...
by duaneb on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @01:54PM
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What does a failed autopilot look like? Would a pilot do any better with an "aerodynamic stall"? I know little about planes and it seems like that'd be a big problem with or without a pilot driving.
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Re:Post-Mortem for Google Compute Engine’s Global Outage on ...
by ceejayoz on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @02:38PM
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All pilots are trained to recover from a stall.
A failed autopilot could look like all sorts of things, from just automatically disconnecting itself (usually with a loud warning alert) to issuing incorrect instructions (which is why the pilots are supposed to be awake and alert while it's engaged, watching the instruments).
Re:Post-Mortem for Google Compute Engine’s Global Outage on ...
by neurotech1 on Thursday April 14, 2016 @12:11AM
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Actually a key finding in AF447 was that pilots were not trained on how to recognize and recover from a high altitude stall. It is not like flying a Cessna 150. The junior first officer didn't realize the aircraft had stalled.
Pilots were trained on the procedure for recovering from a low altitude stall; 100% or TOGA thrust and power out of it while minimizing altitude loss. Training has now changed for both low altitude and high altitude stall recovery.