Originally posted by MCM
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One thing we can't really say, however, is how successful it would have been on a 737. Sully had the protections, and he KNEW he had the protections. A 737 pilot faced with the same situation would, hopefully, have been aware to not stall, and the stall warnings would have been significant compared to the Airbus, where it isn't so critical.
Sully has something like 4700 hours in the A320, and I think he is a hell of a pilot in any case, and I'm sure he had his reasons for not lowering the nose and taking on airspeed. Maybe he was concerned with floating too long in ground effect and running out of clear 'runway'. But I do want to know that Airbus pilots are being taught a deeper understanding of how the aircraft differs from what they may have been used to it the past.
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