Comments by "Keit Hammleter" (@keithammleter3824) on "The Atlantic GLIDER, Air Transat flight 236! Explained by Mentour Pilot" video.

  1. Perhaps a pilot can tell me different, but to me this sounds really really dumb. Situation: both engines are running at normal power, normal RPM, normal EGT etc. That means the engine fuel consumption MUST be normal - that is set by the laws of physics. Isn't there fuel flow meters anyway? But, a fuel tank has gotten low much earlier than expected. The total fuel onboard has got much lower than expected. That NECESSARILY means a large fuel leak - there is no other possibility - the ONLY ways to consume fuel is burnt it in the engines or leak it out. Forget computer driven instruments, check lists that automatically pop up, etc. Basic instruments show engine normal and fuel low, so there MUST be a fuel leak. Therefore, you don't have to be a pilot with 1000's of hours, it is plain that rather than transferring fuel, you should stop any transfers that may happen automatically, until you figure out which tank is loosing the fuel. You can't train for every possible fault condition - that would require trainers better than God, and infinite time. So what you need to do is get three things in balance and each at a minimum spec:- 1. Select the right person - you wouldn't want a low IQ person to be a surgeon, nor should he be an airline pilot. 2. Provide the right documentation/manuals 3. Provide the right training. The pilots in this case were skilled - experienced and trained, and they had the manuals & check lists (but didn't look), but were too dumb to reach what seems to me a simple direct conclusion not requiring any manuals or checklists. Thus they were not the right people. I hope they lost their jobs.
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