On Jan 21, 12:17*pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
wrote :

On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:28:27 -0800 (PST), wrote:

Where on the checklist is the instruction to flip this switch?

The manual states:

At 2000 ft

CABIN PRESS MODE SEL.............................Check AUTO
ENG 1 & 2 BLEED, APU BLEED.......................OFF
P/B DITCHING.....................................ON
P/A............................................."TOU CHDOWN IN ONE MINUTE"
Aim for an impact with an 11° body angle and minimum ROD.

Yep, and you have spent ag god couple of minutes diggin out the checklist
and reading it out.
Their rod would have been in the region of 1200 FPM, on average. *The
priority woudl be a relight and loing for a place to land. Not reaidng the
checklist.

Bertie

Some are born to fly; some are born to fly a desk as an auditor and
checklist aficionado at the IRS.

The difficulty is in determining which are which before they get into
a cockpit...