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You've hit the crux of the issue. The aircraft are getting complicated to the point where training in them -- especially outside of "normal" flight regimes --
by sanj 15y ago
You've hit the crux of the issue. The aircraft are getting complicated to the point where training in them -- especially outside of "normal" flight regimes -- is difficult. All the references to Normal/Alternate/Direct law are indicative of this.
Ever hit the wrong key in emacs and wondered why it was suddenly responding differently? Imagine that happening at 38k feet, at night in a thunderstorm.
My doctoral work was exactly in this field. Mode awareness, transitions awareness and autoflight understanding, especially in rare flight configurations, is a deep problem that needs to be tamed.
More info in my dissertation (never though I'd write that on HN!): http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/9172 http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/9172
- stcredzero 15y agoMode awareness My opinion is that requiring mode awareness is a big chunk of overhead. It should be eliminated wherever possible.
- sanj 15y agoModes allow you to subdivide the problem space: only certain actions/transitions can occur in a given mode. Removing that restriction allows anything to happen at any time. This is believed to be more complex to model. Think of modes as a mechanism to prune a decision tree.
- rbanffy 15y agoThe problem with modes is that if you are wrong about what mode you are in, you'll make wrong decisions.
- stcredzero 15y agoI wonder if there's research about mode awareness in crisis situations?