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> Not sure how flying a plane while it's essentially doing nothing is helpful to anyone. When we train engineers for oncall, we take a look at incidents they s
by phamilton 3y ago
> Not sure how flying a plane while it's essentially doing nothing is helpful to anyone.
When we train engineers for oncall, we take a look at incidents they saw while shadowing. Just X days shadowing doesn't really cut it, they have to be meaningful.
I see the comparison to flying pretty clearly.
Chaos engineering and game days are excellent ways to get engineers more experience in a system. Does the aviation industry have something similar?
- buildsjets 3y agoCommercial pilots perform frequent recurring training in highly accurate flight simulators which can recreate just about any kind of system failure or emergency situation. It is normal in this training that they are given multiple simultaneous failures, along with confusing or unhelpful ATC instructions. Some professional pilots choose to engage in leisure activities that improve their aviation skills. Sullenberger was a glider pilot. I know a few ATPs that fly aerobatic aircraft on the weekend.
- sandspar 3y agoMany people who love flying really love flying. I once met an extremely attractive woman who was a pilot. The problem was that flying is all she ever wanted to talk about. (I should say that that's just a problem for me. If I loved flight too then I'd be head over heels.)