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Lay terms, tell me on what equipment am i relying if im the captain that tells me where to land the aircraft? >> all right. the pilots looking outside, because this is a visual approach. hes looking at the runway, and he can see the touchdown zone of the runway. thats the part that weve all seen as passengers or pilots. thats the part where all the skid marks are, about 1,100 feet down the runway. now, thats the aiming point. thats where he wants to touch down. and hes got to adjust the air spee...

It was simply unstabilized. and a go-around should have been, in fact is mandated to be required in order to avoid an accident. >> put me in that cockpit and in lay terms, tell me on what equipment am i relying if im the captain that tells me where to land the aircraft? >> all right. the pilots looking outside, because this is a visual approach. hes looking at the runway, and he can see the touchdown zone of the runway. thats the part that weve all seen as passengers or pilots. thats the part wh...

Proper dissent rate. the airplane configured for plann landing. and this airplane, for most of that, wasnt any of those things. it was at the improper speed, slow at points, right before the crash, it was too high, too slow, it was simply unstabilized, and a go-around should have been, in fact, as mandated to be required to avoid an accident. >> put me in that cockpit and in lay terms, tell me on what equipment if im relaying, if im the captain, that tells me where to land the aircraft? >> all r...