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Pilots complaining about automation: several Pilots unable to fly with all the bells and whistles and getting their ass handed to them when anything falls out
by raverbashing 2mo ago
Pilots complaining about automation: several
Pilots unable to fly with all the bells and whistles and getting their ass handed to them when anything falls out of the ordinary: too many
- rootsudo 2mo agoAutomation because of safety, latest recent example, Boeing MCAS, cost savings led to airliners crashing, pilots didn’t complain enough then nor had the proper safety because Boeing. You are not supposed to need all the “bells and whistles” to fly, a plane is a plane and a pilot is in left seat meaning to fly the plane. There are checklists and minimum equipment lists that state what is possible and how to handle failures and control. You can not automate that, yet.
- raverbashing 2mo agoYeah I wouldn't call MCAS automation, and that was 99.9% not on the pilots (that 0.01% was because for good or bad Boeing did have a stab trim runway procedure in place - but even then that barely was enough for the trainwreck that MCAS was)
- rootsudo 2mo agoSorry, is software controlling MCAS not automation?
- raverbashing 2mo agoIt's not solving any actual problem besides "saving training cost" to make one aircraft feel like another one It's like adding a device making a steering wheel harder to turn because people are used to that (with more details, of course, but that's the general idea) Play stupid games, win stupid prizes Ask Boeing how that "cost saving" went
- michaelt 2mo agoThe Boeing MCAS stuff was a travesty, no doubt, and the 346 deaths in 2018-19 should not have happened. But did you know for 'General Aviation' (small planes flown for recreation and suchlike) there are around 300 deaths per year in the US?