A first officer allowed the aircraft to slow during takeoff in foul weather because he was unfamilia...

Narrative:

Departed on flat-panel display aircraft. Due to rain showers and wind gusts in the vicinity; we elected to perform a max power takeoff. Aircraft weight was approximately 200;000 pounds. First officer was pilot flying and has not often seen or operated a flat-panel aircraft on the line. Due to lighter aircraft weight; wind gusts and pitch fluctuations of the command v-bar and a higher initial pitch up with max power; airspeed began to bleed back toward V2. As pilot not flying; I reminded first officer of pitch attitude and nudged the yoke forward to assist recovery of airspeed. Flaps remained at takeoff setting until airspeed recovered. Continued climb out and clean-up on schedule as airspeed increased. I believe that first officer's lack of regular and recent experience with the flat-panel display allowed for pitch and airspeed transgressions out of the normal takeoff range. Also; I could have provided more timely pitch and airspeed feedback to pilot flying to help avoid this situation. Continued and discussed what could have prevented a re-occurrence of this situation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A First Officer allowed the aircraft to slow during takeoff in foul weather because he was unfamiliar with the new flat panel PFD so the Captain nudged the yoke forward to aid airspeed recovery.

Narrative: Departed on Flat-Panel Display aircraft. Due to rain showers and wind gusts in the vicinity; we elected to perform a max power takeoff. Aircraft weight was approximately 200;000 LBS. First Officer was pilot flying and has not often seen or operated a Flat-Panel aircraft on the line. Due to lighter aircraft weight; wind gusts and pitch fluctuations of the command V-bar and a higher initial pitch up with max power; airspeed began to bleed back toward V2. As pilot not flying; I reminded First Officer of pitch attitude and nudged the yoke forward to assist recovery of airspeed. Flaps remained at takeoff setting until airspeed recovered. Continued climb out and clean-up on schedule as airspeed increased. I believe that First Officer's lack of regular and recent experience with the flat-panel display allowed for pitch and airspeed transgressions out of the normal takeoff range. Also; I could have provided more timely pitch and airspeed feedback to pilot flying to help avoid this situation. Continued and discussed what could have prevented a re-occurrence of this situation.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	977337
Time
Date	201110
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	PFD
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Speed All Types

A first officer allowed the aircraft to slow during takeoff in foul weather because he was unfamiliar with the new flat panel pfd so the captain nudged the yoke forward to aid airspeed recovery.