Originally Posted by
Peter H
In this case the pilots seem to have been in an
intentionally distracting environment.
- When do warning hooters, shakers and such cease to be an aid and become part of the problem?
- Should the pilot be allowed to cancel/semi-mute them (indicating recognition of the warning and reducing the distraction).
- Should the software try another approach to attract the pilots attention as this one isn't working, or just shut up and try not to make things worse?
Designing useful HCI (human computer interfaces) is difficult.
On the other hand, doing
something sort-of puts the manufacturer (A or B) in a good light at any future investigation:
India First week of monsoon
Used MAX Autobrake reguarly into VABB on the 777 during Monsoon Season, why?..It looks better on the accident report (crew used all available means of retardation)..!!
Peter
If the Captain decides that a warning is dangerously distracting and false, then he is quite right to disable it, despite what Aunty Boeing or Uncle Airbus or somebody’s Chief Pilot says.
First things first - rescue ass and everyone else’s and argue about it later...
They used to call it airmanship.