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Sounds like if it were two throttle handles with a "lock" lever below them they could fail exactly the same. It's a training/attention/fatigue issue, not a UI o
by jojobas 2y ago
Sounds like if it were two throttle handles with a "lock" lever below them they could fail exactly the same. It's a training/attention/fatigue issue, not a UI one.
- DangitBobby 2y agoIf they were independent levers capable of being physically locked together, you'd probably notice when they aren't moving together. Of course, you could easily have similar visual feedback on a touch screen. Seems like the real issue is described later in the article; throttle control can be split between control stations, which is actually insane, I can't imagine a scenario where you'd want that.
- jojobas 2y agoThe fact that control settings were not synchronized between stations and cleared when turning over control is sure a blunder. The checkbox is not to be blamed however, it's a sane design choice. Fun fact: on some airplanes if you pull on the captain's yoke and push on the first officer's, the elevator will split, the left part doing the nose up, the right one doing nose down. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EgyptAir_Flight_990 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EgyptAir_Flight_990