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The difference is that cars are mass-produced while airplanes are effectively bespoke.* And everything-on-the-touchscreen is cheaper to manufacture than physica
by dreamcompiler 5y ago
The difference is that cars are mass-produced while airplanes are effectively bespoke.* And everything-on-the-touchscreen is cheaper to manufacture than physical knobs, so saving 25 cents per car matters. Airplanes are much more expensive than cars because they're all basically made by hand, so they can afford to spend more money on a better human interface.
I'm not suggesting touchscreens in cars are "a good thing", but I get the economics.
*Boeing makes around 700 aircraft per year. GM makes that many cars every hour.
- javajosh 5y agoOh I am aware that screens are generally a lot cheaper. Plus you can update them over the air! (OTA updates being another anti-feature I do not want on any vehicle that I own or operate).
- madengr 5y agoAvionics are going touch too: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/166058 https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/166058
- FDSGSG 5y agoNot to mention the fact that literally every pilot has an iPad mounted in the cockpit for foreflight. Pilots fucking love touchscreens, avionics just change very slowly.