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Originally Posted by Kptlt. Hellmut Neuerburg
To me this latest incident raises some issues, the big ones being that pilots are becoming more and more dependent on the aircrafts avionic systems (i.e computers which control the aircraft while in flight), lack of proper maintenance. I don't even think commercial pilots are trained on how to do a crash landing although they should be at least in simulators. My question is why aren't pilots being trained on how to safely crash land an airliner under certain conditions? This is the detailed requirements given by the FAA on obtaining a commercial pilots license in which there are only two places that have "emergency procedures".
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Very similar question was asked after
US Airways Flight 1549 ditched into the Hudson River. Reason given was that in training they use
flight simulators which are not designed for just that. They do not (or did not) model how water surfaces act. I don't know what is the case with crash landings nor whether its trained or not but I wouldn't be surprised if same reason is given.