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This was a situation where the automation normally prompted the pilots to check the gear. The automation failed to do this in a timely manner so that they had t
by upofadown 7y ago
This was a situation where the automation normally prompted the pilots to check the gear. The automation failed to do this in a timely manner so that they had to go around.
The distraction argument didn't really make any sense at all to me. They were not distracted, they were flying the aircraft.
The UX moral here is that if you have a system that always prompts the user then you have to live with the fact that failing to prompt will almost always result in failure to act.
- erokar 7y agoWhile not abnormal, performing a go-around with a visual circuit landing shortly following is a high stress situation. The argument is likely that the pilots were distracted/overloaded by the tasks they had to perform in short order, while maintaining situational awareness.
- aeternum 7y agoIt's still not a good excuse. While a go-around might be higher stress, ATPs should have performed thousands of them as part of their training.