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> Don't aircraft have more or less standardized controls and displays? No, not really. There are similarities in avionics, bare minimum instrumentation and his

> Don't aircraft have more or less standardized controls and displays? No, not really. There are similarities in avionics, bare minimum instrumentation and historical conventions but there are type ratings for commercial pilots - they train on each one specifically. Some aircraft are similar enough that they have “common type ratings”. But an Airbus and a Boeing look very different.

jaywalk 4y ago
Boeing 737NG cockpit: https://cdn.wallpapersafari.com/16/15/2AyKUB.jpg https://cdn.wallpapersafari.com/16/15/2AyKUB.jpg Airbus A320 cockpit: https://airbus-h.assetsadobe2.com/is/image/content/dam/products-and-solutions/interior/a320-cockpit.jpg?wid=1280&qlt=85,0 https://airbus-h.assetsadobe2.com/is/image/content/dam/produ... They aren't very different. For normal flying, the biggest difference is that Boeings have yokes and Airbus uses sidesticks. The important stuff is all roughly the same.
- danachow 4y ago
  The yoke/sidestick is really a superficial difference. Though I will also point out that anybody that is good at the 10 differences puzzles will call bullshit on your claim they aren’t very different - in appearance at least - just look at the primary flight display. More relevant, look at the autopilot stack - they not only appear different they have some deeper fundamental differences in operation.
  - jaywalk 4y ago
    Oh come on. The PFDs are damn near identical. The biggest difference is that the Airbus attitude indicator has rounded corners while Boeing's is squared. That's an entirely superficial difference that changes nothing about how it works or is interpreted.
    - danachow 4y ago
      Yes, as stated, just like with the side stick/yoke it’s a superficial difference - but since you were making your case with pictures - whether they look similar or not really has to do with how detail oriented you are. Though you ignore the relevant point made about the autopilots. The entire workflow of the flight computers differs. And ask any pilot type certified in both, they typically have preferences. I’m not arguing these need to be made more standard but there’s a continuum where at one extreme the standardization is so rigid that muscle memory transfers from type to type. That’s not the case here at all.

jaywalk 4y ago

Boeing 737NG cockpit: https://cdn.wallpapersafari.com/16/15/2AyKUB.jpg https://cdn.wallpapersafari.com/16/15/2AyKUB.jpg Airbus A320 cockpit: https://airbus-h.assetsadobe2.com/is/image/content/dam/products-and-solutions/interior/a320-cockpit.jpg?wid=1280&qlt=85,0 https://airbus-h.assetsadobe2.com/is/image/content/dam/produ... They aren't very different. For normal flying, the biggest difference is that Boeings have yokes and Airbus uses sidesticks. The important stuff is all roughly the same.

danachow 4y ago
The yoke/sidestick is really a superficial difference. Though I will also point out that anybody that is good at the 10 differences puzzles will call bullshit on your claim they aren’t very different - in appearance at least - just look at the primary flight display. More relevant, look at the autopilot stack - they not only appear different they have some deeper fundamental differences in operation.
- jaywalk 4y ago
  Oh come on. The PFDs are damn near identical. The biggest difference is that the Airbus attitude indicator has rounded corners while Boeing's is squared. That's an entirely superficial difference that changes nothing about how it works or is interpreted.
  - danachow 4y ago
    Yes, as stated, just like with the side stick/yoke it’s a superficial difference - but since you were making your case with pictures - whether they look similar or not really has to do with how detail oriented you are. Though you ignore the relevant point made about the autopilots. The entire workflow of the flight computers differs. And ask any pilot type certified in both, they typically have preferences. I’m not arguing these need to be made more standard but there’s a continuum where at one extreme the standardization is so rigid that muscle memory transfers from type to type. That’s not the case here at all.