Originally Posted by
PoppaJo
There is a disturbing amount of lack of information from multiple companies in regards to new technology.
Airbus NEO is another. Noticeable control differences on rotate or flare that result in different techniques being applied. There are pilots out there who were not told of this prior to EIS. The issue they raised was that there is potential to get messy if handled like a ceo, and some did. Jetstar Pilots will see what I’m talking about when it arrives next year. If your not briefed on this ask the question. If your company knows nothing about it then you shouldn’t be flying it. Pilots and companies finding out new type handling characteristics as it happens in the air only leads to distractions. The first 50 feet isn’t the time to be second guessing yourself on handling characteristics.
You need to be two steps ahead of new technology it seems, not one.
Thats alright.. apparently according to this bastion of truth and knowledge of an article, Airbus are less challenging to fly...
The twist is that Kirana could have built his airline on the Airbus 320, an airplane that is less challenging to fly, but instead chose the equivalent Boeing 737, which counts on pilots as the last resort if something mechanical or otherwise goes wrong.
I stopped reading it from then on. what a load of tripe. Show me a A320 or any modern airliner where the pilot isn't "the last resort if something mechanical or otherwise goes wrong"..? The A320 has it's own set of vices and personalities that must be mastered and respected. They're still there. They're just different.
The heart of the problem is partially automation. We have stuff buried so deep in the lines of code, that a programmer makes an error, sometimes years in advance which given the right set of circumstances, could manifest itself into a catastrophic loss. The error then often only presents itself to the unsuspecting flight crew who now have only a limited amount of time, under trying circumstances to decipher the problem and take corrective action. You can't program for every possible outcome or circumstance in aviation, hence the art of the science of flying... And now they want to take out that last line of defence, the pilot, by going to single pilot and remotely operated aircraft.