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In a foggy situation they would've used ILS or even autoland. Looking at instruments instead of out of the window would've prevented this much earlier.
by dx034 9y ago
In a foggy situation they would've used ILS or even autoland. Looking at instruments instead of out of the window would've prevented this much earlier.
- konschubert 9y agoIf ILS and autoload can prevent this, why is it not mandatory?
- lb1lf 9y agoBecause sometimes these systems fail, and it would be a shame then if noone in the cockpit had done a manual landing since earning their wings. (Just a guess - not a pilot.)
- ubernostrum 9y agoBecause when you're coming in on runway 17L at DFW, all nice and programmed into your autoland, and suddenly the controller tells you to switch to landing on 17C, you have to just fly the plane. If you muck about trying to reprogram your autoland you'll be halfway to Oklahoma before you're set up again. See the video I linked in another comment in this thread for more details and examples of why complete automation is undesirable.
- dx034 9y agoThere were incidents in the past where pilots didn't have enough experience flying the aircraft manually. For that reason, most airlines prefer if pilots land manually as often as possible so that they can do it in case the system fails. If you always land automatically, pilots lose situational awareness.