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Cockpit blues. Has automation made flying easier? Or are pilots forgetting how to fly?
You probably heard the recent news about the FAA study claiming that airline pilots are suffering from "automation addiction." Reliance on the high-tech autoflight systems found in today's jetliners, we're told, has resulted in a decline in basic flying skills -- a decline that has possibly manifest itself in several tragic accidents. (www.salon.com) 更多...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Every time I fly commercially I use to look into the cockpit and see if it was a glass panel or steam gauges. I noticed I had a better ride on the flights with steam gauges. I figured this was because they put older pilots (more experience) in the planes with steam gauges and new pilots learned on the glass panel technology so that is the planes they flew. Now alomost everything is glass panel. Can anyone tell me if this is true?
Pretty much all glass. Steam guages are an option but generally not ordered by airlines due to extra cost. Very doubtful that it made any difference on crew type. Crews called in rotation and/or seniority. If you were typed, you could fly.Different cockpit instrumentation probably dictated by aircraft age and whether it had been upgraded or not. More than likely if you were seeing steam guages you were on an older aircraft.
@ Wayne Bookout --
Whenever I read anything under your signature on this thread related to whether 1's and 0's should be flying the airplane or the pilot should be flying the airplane, and when, your position seems clear and to the point, uncluttered. A USAF Command Pilot friend of mine says 'in flying, experience is everything.' Your positions always seem predicated on experience and clear-headedness: you rule the airplane, it doesn't rule you.
Whenever I read anything under your signature on this thread related to whether 1's and 0's should be flying the airplane or the pilot should be flying the airplane, and when, your position seems clear and to the point, uncluttered. A USAF Command Pilot friend of mine says 'in flying, experience is everything.' Your positions always seem predicated on experience and clear-headedness: you rule the airplane, it doesn't rule you.
Thank You My Friend. Get over on their story about Airline loans. Some guy just really pissed me off there and I lost it. It's not uncluttered.lol
I think people are just running out of things to write about. When there's an accident in the cockpit or the control tower, they are so quick to rip to shreds the intellect and reputation of anyone involved. However here, nothing has happened, and they still want to bash pilots. Give them a break!
'NUFF SAID!!!!!!!!!!