Swedish CRJ-200 Cargo Crash Norway

[Bolter]

Report states that there were 3 independent attitude indicators, which is the normal set up in a CRJ. The stay AI is located in the left centre of the instrument panel & easily viewed from either seat. When I did the CRJ course, students had to fly an ILS totally reliant on the stay AI (it incorporates an ILS & asi). Can't remember what the simulated failure was - likely a dual IRS failure as the engine instruments worked/not an EFIS panel failure issue.
Anyhow, I have flown several aircraft types which have had historical issues of AIs failing at inopportune times (rotate, top of descent, etc). Was taught, and training reinforced in sim/SOPs, to cross check AIs during unusual attitude recoveries, etc. NFP responsible to cross check AIs at rotate (standard industry SOP?). Helped save my ass at least once - FP's AI failed at rotate (night, high, hot) so I had to take control & return to land.
Sad way to relearn that particular lesson.

[EPR]

I wonder if their sim training covered such an event, hard to believe it wouldn't?
I mean like that's the whole reason why there's a stand-by EAI, no?
Or am I being too armchair'ish here?

[rippey]

I wonder if their sim training covered such an event, hard to believe it wouldn't?
I mean like that's the whole reason why there's a stand-by EAI, no?
Or am I being too armchair'ish here?

After reading this report a couple weeks ago I was thinking this exact scenario would be interesting to throw in the sim for unusual attitudes - obviously it wasn't an unusual attitude but I'd be curious to see what the reactions would be. Airspeed/Altitude would be a big help as well - and its right on the same display! Chilling to think that a professional flight crew took a serviceable, stable aircraft from level cruise to a smoking hole in 80 sec due to a single failure.