rottenray

(note to mods - please move this thread as needed, but please do not delete it)

Active commercial pilots flying Airbus - please weigh in here.

Are you ambidextrous? Can you write as legibly with your {left/right} hand as you can with the one you were trained to write with?

I am not throwing mud on Airbus.

In many respects, they have produced airframes superior to Boeing. (Both companies build marvelous aircraft. IMHO, Boeing has "durable" down pat, while AB has "useful" down pat. Both are great, marvels and examples of the best of human capability.)

I am asking you active pilots to think about the asymmetrical control layout, and make comments.

I am right-handed but semi-ambidextrous. A college professor encouraged me to become at least partly ambi. I can sign my paychecks with either hand and the bank can't tell the difference, but, in a pinch, I always rely on my right hand.


This is something which should be considered when creating future flight decks which will rely on automation more heavily, but will probably still have the downside of handing the pilot a mess when things go beyond what automation can cope with.

I hope this thread results in a lot of you thinking about how you want controls of the future to work.


That's what the weigh-in here is all about...

And even if you don't respond, just think about it.

A response here won't change anything - but if reading this causes you to think about it and then feather it to your association or union...

That's all good, and that's what I set out to do.

If you want to take me to task on this, you can save PPRuNe overhead by simply flaming me at my personal email address - ray{at}rottenray{.}com

Thanks, hope this does some good.