Does the tailplane and elevator moves in the same direction?
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There was one new TriStar operator who had their crews trained on the aeroplane who had previously had flown the DC-8.
Some of the results were quite surprising...then again perhaps not
Preflight control checks, for example...with no hydraulic power.
A few would wrestle with the column, pushing and pulling with no decernable result, except to illuminate the aileron cross-hatch switchlights....whereupon they then could not extinguish same, even with hydraulic power now supplied.
What can you say to folks that can't be bothered to RTFB?
Some of the results were quite surprising...then again perhaps not
Preflight control checks, for example...with no hydraulic power.
A few would wrestle with the column, pushing and pulling with no decernable result, except to illuminate the aileron cross-hatch switchlights....whereupon they then could not extinguish same, even with hydraulic power now supplied.
What can you say to folks that can't be bothered to RTFB?
