Westjet Encore DH8D at Vancouver on Jan 2nd 2026

[Eric Janson]

https://avherald.com/h?article=533e3941&opt=0

From the report:-

The crew attempted to stop the descent via the FGCP, then disconnected the autopilot and entered a manual climb at 3600 fpm.

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Looks like about an 800 foot descent starting from 2000.

Hope this is addressed by the training department - an unacceptable level of performance imho.

[dustyroads]

https://avherald.com/h?article=533e3941&opt=0

From the report:-

The crew attempted to stop the descent via the FGCP, then disconnected the autopilot and entered a manual climb at 3600 fpm.

.

Looks like about an 800 foot descent starting from 2000.

Hope this is addressed by the training department - an unacceptable level of performance imho.

Might want to hire someone who can hand fly and takes the AP off at first indication of something not right instead of fiddling around with pushing buttons while the aircraft is clearly going into an abnormal state.

[Me262]

https://avherald.com/h?article=533e3941&opt=0

From the report:-

The crew attempted to stop the descent via the FGCP, then disconnected the autopilot and entered a manual climb at 3600 fpm.

.

Looks like about an 800 foot descent starting from 2000.

Hope this is addressed by the training department - an unacceptable level of performance imho.

Might want to hire someone who can hand fly and takes the AP off at first indication of something not right instead of fiddling around with pushing buttons while the aircraft is clearly going into an abnormal state.

Meanwhile some companies will MANDATE use of FD at all stages, meaning your already busy PM needs to push buttons on the FCP just so you can manually fly. If something goes wrong, you go to the LOWEST level of automation (that is level 1, no FD, no AP) and hand fly as you are supposed to do.

[EPR]

A great video, that's still relevant of the over reliance of automation!
https://youtu.be/5ESJH1NLMLs?si=1zvdG8JGbgvom9MA