Originally posted by elaw
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If the indicator on BD92 was cleaerer, or even similar to the previous 737, then I agree, less probability of the outcome.
But should we really need warnings regarding the most basic of situations?
Again, my concern is that too much automation and reliance on warning systems may allow unsuitable people into the system that can only do their job when the systems work, and we know that they don't always work.
I think that one of the underlying causes of this accident is exactly that: A pilot that is only proficient when things work as expected, like ILS and auto throttles. This may have created the complacency that allowed decaying airspeed to be missed for so long.
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