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   XPost: rec.aviation.piloting   
   From: nospam@nospam.com   
      
   the.sargon@gmail.com wrote:   
   > On Jan 20, 3:51 pm, Pos...@newsgroups.com wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:28:27 -0800 (PST), the.sar...@gmail.com 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............................................."TOUCHDOWN IN ONE MINUTE"   
   >> Aim for an impact with an 11° body angle and minimum ROD.   
   >>   
   >> Poster   
   >   
   > However if you're also working an inflight engine unstart which takes   
   > precedence?  Clarification: two engine unstart w/inflight emergency.   
   > Quite a bit different from a situation that begins at cruise altitude   
   > or with only *one* emergency rather than a sequence of events.  As a   
   > PAX I would rather know that the crew are concentrating on landing the   
   > aircraft (ditching) as gently as possible.   
   >   
   > That silly switch won't do a thing to save the buoyancy if the   
   > fuselage is fractured by a rough ditching...a point one everyone seems   
   > to miss.   
   >   
   > I would hazard (grin) a guess that the final review will show them to   
   > have maintained situational awareness with the concomitant priority   
   > management.   
   >   
      
   Again, there are 2 pilots in the cockpit, only one is steering the aircraft.   
   If the captain was flying the aircraft, what was the copilot doing in   
   those 7-8 minutes if he was not going through the emergency checklist?   
   What the use of a perfect water landing if then the aircraft quickly   
   fill with water because the ditching checklist has not been done?   
      
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