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Lost autopilot controls--Pilots struggle
Would love to read the final report on this incident. Were there other aircraft issues, or had the pilots lost their skills to fly a plane manually? (www.flightglobal.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Some cars now offer so much automation that it's scary. Complex entertainment systems: you shouldn't be entertained while driving. You should be driving. Dependence on GPS systems more than your eyes. Crash avoidance systems when you should be looking in your mirrors. I can see this situation in the future: I didn't mean to run over the man and kill him, officer. My crash avoidance system didn't see him.
While my truck does have an entertainment system from the factory, you cannot watch movies from it. With fingertip controls on the steering wheel, I can change radio stations, adjust the volume, make phone calls over Bluetooth and see what is behind me with the backup camera. It also allows me to park closer to the center of the parking space over those who just pull in.
I use Google Maps on my phone for GPS if needed. I do not need to watch the phone, just listen, unlike so many people who cannot put the phone down for more than 2 minutes due to YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat or Tic-Tok.
Sadly, there are so may who do drive distracted and fail to just drive their vehicle. It is amazing that there are not more crashes due to it.
I use Google Maps on my phone for GPS if needed. I do not need to watch the phone, just listen, unlike so many people who cannot put the phone down for more than 2 minutes due to YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat or Tic-Tok.
Sadly, there are so may who do drive distracted and fail to just drive their vehicle. It is amazing that there are not more crashes due to it.
One of my old students flies for a large jet charter company. He likes to sometimes turns off the autopilot and HAND fly the planes. Says it freaks out some of the newbies who ask what he is doing.
An analogy, of sorts. When I'm teaching my grandkids the finer art of driving a car, I will not let them use cruise control. Ever. After I'm satisfied and they have their "ticket", they can/will do what they want. But when I let them go, I'm confident that they could "fly" without the automatics. (Besides, the Cessna I learned on didn't have auto pilot. Or auto anything). :)
"Klasjet carried out its own probe into the event, noting several aspects in its findings which the Spanish investigators might have addressed with safety recommendations. Given these findings, the inquiry does not believe any further recommendations are necessary." Uh... where the recommendations to have these guys start over again with a Cessna?
Pilots need to know how to fly the plane and not rely on automation.
Are you kidding me? These guys should be flying a desk, not an aircraft. I am shocked that pilots haven't woken up to the fact that they rely WAY too much on automation and many have forgotten how to fly. What's next, fly automated basic training aircraft ? If only Clyde Cessna could witness what's going on. I guess declaring an emergency for this, says it all