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Comment Re:Not a chance (Score 5, Informative) 16

Dude, the more I see what you write, the more I see that you are a know-nothing know-it-all. Ukrainian grain is generally exported to the middle east and Africa. Europe harvests more than enough grain. France alone can easily fulfill all European needs in this regard and France is nowhere near the sole cereal crop producer in Europe. For example, the EU supplies 25% of the world wheat exports - and that is excluding the domestic market. There are far more important reasons for Ukraine staying independent than this.

Comment Re:What was the argument against Airbus? (Score 1) 43

Both Airbus and Boeing average the inputs of both pilots. Airbus has the "dual input" audio warning, Boeing relies on force feedback instead. As has been shown time and time again, Airbus pilots tend to ignore the warning when stressed while Boeing pilots ignore the force feedback when stressed (or think that they yokes are jammed) to the point that they apply enough force to unlink the yokes, removing the force feedback.

Comment Re: What was the argument against Airbus? (Score 2) 43

There is no throttle on an Airbus. And the thrust lever position was not relevant in this accident. Basically, the pilots were so startled by a false warning coming out of nowhere that they, in panic, started doing random stuff instead of realising that the aircraft has been cruising with their current settings just fine for a while so the most sensible thing to do would be to calm down, leave the controls alone and take care of the ECAM warnings with the help of their quick reference handbook. Had they done that, the pitot tube icing situation would have most likely resolved itself by the time they finished troubleshooting. It is perfectly possible to fly with unreliable airspeed, there are procedures for that which basically amount to "set the thrust in a specific range, keep the wings mostly level with a slight nose up position and you'll be fine".

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