Big Jet Mode Control Panel Design V Garmin
Heavy aircraft for a long time have had a center eye height mode control panel/flight guidance panel. More and more avionics designs are implementing the same philosophy of having the most often used autoflight controls mounted high up in the field of vision of both pilots. Boeing, Airbus, Gulfstream, Bombardier, all have numerical displays of the value set. eg, you set 3000 feet an both pilots can look at the centre numerical display to verify the correct number is set.
Garmin, who is pushing ever upwards does not follow this philosophy, so a value set is only reflected in each pilots PFD.
My question is, does the Boeing/airbus style make it easier to verify the numbers as opposed to looking for it on the PFD.
Should Garmin address this? Would it require a major/costly redesign of the MCP that they currently use.