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Originally Posted by Bigtime
Interesting, I understand it being a memory item but do you know if any training is given to a scenario that is that low to the ground after departure? Or just better to make it a "muscle memory" reaction regardless of altitude?
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I can't speak to Air India's training. But it wouldn't be typical training event, no.
With a duel engine failure at that altitude you're kind of in desperation mode anyway, and you back that up with your training and system knowledge. Sort of like how Sully turned on the APU out of sequence with the checklist.
I hesitate to call it muscle memory, even though it kind of is. You don't want pilots just flipping fuel control switches at the first sign of trouble. A typical duel engine fail scenario in training would be at a higher altitude and both pilots would positively identify the failure and call for the checklist before switches are actioned. But you can't prepare a checklist or SOP for every single scenario, so training, experience and system knowledge comes into play in scenarios like this.
We're deep into hypotheticals now though.
