CNN CNN Newsroom With Carol Costello December 29, 2014 14:11:00
Would tell the pilots to leave the auto flight systems engaged when in rough weather. maintain a level altitude and not to chase the air speed. maybe you would have to disengage auto to stop the engine's automatic chasing air speeds. you wind up with the engine accelerating rapidly. it wouldn't be able to keep up with the aircraft in the thunderstorm. there's specific instructions in the manuel flying in turbulence. this captain would have stuck to the standard operating procedure. >> he's making really serious decisions in a short amount of time. >> that's exactly right. there's a lot going o...