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Where pilots can report things and know that they wont be retaliated against and the airlines wont be retaliated against. but these do count, in my book, as an incident. >> you think that these confidential reports are incidents because theyre reporting these episodes, very alarming episodes that they say they had mid flight. martin just read one, which was terribly alarming because it said that one of the pilots felt that he was not sufficiently trained on the aircraft and that the flight manua...

Disconnected the autopilot and pitched into a climb. the remainder of the flight was uneventful. i reviewed in my mind the automation setup and flight profile, but cant think of any reason the aircraft would pitch nose down so aggressively. thats from a first officer. heres another one. this was from an american captain this time from the pilot reporting on a domestic flight in the united states. again, some time in november 2018. this captain describes a remarkably similar circumstances. after ...

This. our review shows no systemic performance issues and provides no basis to order grounding of the aircraft. nor have other civil aviation authorities provided data that would tell us it would warrant such action. the agency went on to say, it will act quickly if it identifies any issues affecting air worthiness. but now "the new york times" reports that in november, at least two pilots raised concerns about the noses of their planes dipping after engaging auto pilot. this according to a fede...