On Jan 26, 10:37*pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
wrote :



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
MINUT
E"
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 th
e
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...

It's not all that hard, really!
The sim sorts the whea from the chaff in most cases.

Bertie

I would hope this to be the case.
BTW, to bring up an ugly subject, I gave the scenario a go in MS FS
using a 737 because I was too lazy to go look for an airbus. It got
awfully quiet at 3400' when I shut off both engines. Teterboro is
doable but in the sim at least there are a lot of broadcast antennae
in the area I hadn't considered...and since the runways at Laguardia
and Teterboro are parallel you have to fly an sweeping "S"...this was
not fun. The Hudson landing though was very nice however. Too bad
the sim thought it to be a crash, touchdown on the water (15 deg
flaps) was at 135 indicated. I wonder what it was for 1549.