XPost: rec.aviation.piloting   
   From: BtB@BB.not.aaaaaaa   
      
   Poster@newsgroups.com wrote in news:6tmvapFbec57U1@mid.individual.net:   
      
   > On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:28:27 -0800 (PST), the.sargon@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.   
      
      
   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   
      
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