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Airlines Not Only Ones Addicted to Autopilot
September started with an AP story that revealed the cost of airline cockpit automation , atrophied stick and rudder skills. As one might expect, there’s been a lot of comment on both sides of the argument.
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Lauber on AF447 and autopilot disconnect - Learmount
Do you think it's a bad idea that the autopilot/authrottle on AF447 tripped out just because two pitot sensors provided different airspeed values for a short time? Dr John Lauber, aviation psychologist and engineer, formerly of the US Navy, NASA, and the...
The lonely airline pilot - Learmount
How many pilots does it take to fly a commercial airliner? At the moment the regulators say two, but any aircraft could be flown by a single pilot. The most basic safety argument for requiring two is pilot incapacitation,...
G-YMMM: could the crew have done any more? - Learmount
After an accident, pilots always discuss whether a crew could have done more even if they appear to have done a good job. It's not usually vicious or critical, it normally feels more like pilots experimenting with ideas about how they...
The Boeing bulletin on the Turkish Airlines crash - Unusual Attitude
Thanks to the commenter Dicks Airbus who posted the bulletin text in the comments on my earlier post.Just to clarify, here it is again:FROM: THE BOEING COMPANY TO: MOM [MESSAGE NUMBER:MOM-MOM-09-0063-01B] 04-Mar-2009 05:29:01 AM US PACIFIC TIME Multi Operator Message...
Turkish Airlines crash: evidence points to pilots - Unusual Attitude
This morning the Dutch investigators are holding a press conference on the Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 crash at Amsterdam last week and I understand that later Boeing will release a safety bulletin. From a reliable source, the contents of the...
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