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   From: BtB@BB.not.aaaaaaa   
      
   Flydive  wrote in news:4976104b_6@news.bluewin.ch:   
      
   > the.sargon@gmail.com wrote:   
   >> On Jan 20, 10:11 am, Flydive  wrote:   
   >>> the.sar...@gmail.com wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Low priority compared to flying the plane, deadstick, in a   
   congested   
   >>>> urban environment.   
   >>>> Or would you rather he spend time looking for a button on the   
   panel?   
   >>> Well it takes 3 seconds to flip the switch, you should know where is   
   >>> located.   
   >>>   
   >>> one pilot is flying the aircraft, the other one is assisting and   
   going   
   >>> through the checklist.   
   >>   
   >> Yep.   
   >>   
   >> Where on the checklist is the instruction to flip this switch?   
   >>   
   >> One may assume that since it was not flipped it was not at the top of   
   >> the list and thus was of a lower priority.  Flying the airplane and   
   >> only those steps necessary to (1) avoid obstacles while (2) setting   
   up   
   >> for landing are of high(est) priority.   
   >   
   > The ditch switch is at the top of the ditching checklist and usually   
   is   
   > a memory item, if you are going to ditch I would say is a priority   
   item.   
      
      
   Only if you have time. Ditchig checklists don't have any memory items at   
   all, and in fact Bus checklists, with most airlines, have very few   
   memory drills. Lkikely the only memory checks are the engine fire drill   
   and a pressurisations blowout, and those would have only the initial   
   itiems on them.   
      
   >   
   > Airliners have 2 pilots and usually only one of them is handling the   
   > controls, the other one takes care of the emergency and assists the   
   > flying pilot. You say setting up for landing, well if you are   
   "landing"   
      
   No, you tell him to do what you need him to do in the circumstance. In   
   this case, the non handler was probably try to relight and telling the   
   cabin and ATC waht was happening.   
      
   > in water the water, prepare the aircraft for ditching is part of it, a   
   > priority.   
   >   
   Nope, not in this case. if they didn;t fly the airplane, the holes in   
   the bottom of the airplane would have been the least of their problems,   
   since they would have made significantly larger holes.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
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