1st act: What is the Pilot Monitoring doing now?
2nd act: What is the A320 doing now?
3rd act: What is the Pilot Flying doing now?
Poor passengers....
In the end, the PF eventually succeeded to control the plane in a very confusing situation, my sympathies for that.
But apparently they only understood "why the plane was doing that" only after everything went back to normal. Which is fine in principle.
But, in hindsight, the pilots should have FULLY clicked-clacked it (AP off, AT off, FD off) the instant that they started to wonder "what is it doing now". If you don't understand what the automation is doing, remove the automation, control the plane manually, fully stabilize the situation, and only then analyze "why was it doing that".
2nd act: What is the A320 doing now?
3rd act: What is the Pilot Flying doing now?
Poor passengers....
In the end, the PF eventually succeeded to control the plane in a very confusing situation, my sympathies for that.
But apparently they only understood "why the plane was doing that" only after everything went back to normal. Which is fine in principle.
But, in hindsight, the pilots should have FULLY clicked-clacked it (AP off, AT off, FD off) the instant that they started to wonder "what is it doing now". If you don't understand what the automation is doing, remove the automation, control the plane manually, fully stabilize the situation, and only then analyze "why was it doing that".
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