Wednesday, March 16, 2016

...a failure to communicate

asynchronous control let problems grow
what one chair does, the other countermands
unless his NumberTwo would tell him so
the captain thinks the jumbo's in his hands
the auto-pilot dealt with simple stuff
'til icing took the pitot-tubes off-line
all whited out, conditions more than rough
while watching the altimeter unwind
they think they're diving, rather than at stall
despite the rating some instructor wrote
he doesn't get that pulling back means "fall"
and 'though the captain's right, each gets one vote
AirFrance co-pilot wasn't worth a crap
who kept the stick pinned firmly in his lap

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