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> You could argue that an onscreen keyboard is significantly less mental load for the pilot than having to scroll letter by letter on a "dumb" interface. I don
by blaser-waffle 7y ago
> You could argue that an onscreen keyboard is significantly less mental load for the pilot than having to scroll letter by letter on a "dumb" interface.
I don't buy that argument. What kind of keyboard? QWERTY or something else? What language? English is the language of aviation, but if you're not a native speaker who uses keyboards all the time then chances are you're going to have a LOT of mental load using a keyboard. Even something like the French or German keyboards, which use mostly the same letters, may be different enough to cause frustration -- and when you have an engine on fire you don't need to be struggling with those details.
- joshvm 7y agoThe ones I've seen are a-z, not qwerty: https://www.simpits.org/articles/Boeing_simtour/simtour30.jpg https://www.simpits.org/articles/Boeing_simtour/simtour30.jp... And English because anything you'd need to enter, like waypoints or airport IDs use roman/latin letters or numbers.
- p_l 7y agoAirbus (A380 and A350) mounts both full size QWERTY on retractable "desk", and A-Z on the center console. The keyboard is mainly used for planning ahead where you have more data to input. Both are equipped with mouse as well.