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I think you guys may be looking too far into things - Try flying through the flight director - anticipate what its about to do smoothly and positively. For example if the aircraft is below speed slightly lower the nose and the speed will slowly increase. This aircraft flight characteristics are extremely similar to the real thing. Jet aircraft are extremely sensitive in pitch - around 1 degree of pitch movement can be 500fpm or more in certain phases of flight.I could be wrong it maybe a controller issue but this technique is good practice. The whole point of hand flying is to fly the jet not have it tell you exactly what to do so you fly with your brain in autopilot. Maybe too contriversial however this is my view on things!

You can't plan for everything in life can you! For anyone thats interested Flaps podcast did an interview with Peter Burkill (The captain of BA38) in their August 2010 episode; very interesting to hear a first hand account of what happened and reducing the flap setting gained an extra 50m or so and enabled them to clear the motorway. Also deals with the fallout he got within the company on a personal level.

Hi Guys,Just felt like weighing in on things here a bit. I fly the B777 and it will be worth the wait! The systems and automation are unbelievable. When explaining the aircraft to my friends, I tell it like this - 'if there's anything wrong with the aircraft it tells you whats wrong, and then it goes one step further and tells you what to do with it!'. Managing Non-normals in this baby is a breeze when you compare it to most other airliners in the sky. The centre of most Non-normal operations after identifing the problem on the EICAS is to run the electronic checklist - which come to think of it makes normal operations a breeze too!For those complaining about long haul flying etc...There's nothing stopping you from taking it and flying it to where ever you want on how ever short or long flight you want - thats the beauty of flight simulation isn't it! And for those who like to fly real world routes check out where airlines like Emirates, Etihad and Qatar send their Triplers. Some very short sectors where they level off at lower altitudes and slow down to allow the hosties to complete a meal service!I have a few photos of the B777 flight deck and aircraft which I would like to share if I'm permitted to and can resize the pictures.For what its' worth I am looking forward to getting my hands on the NGX when its' released - what an exciting product and an amazing sneak peak into what we have to look forward to in the future!Mitch Beck