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Old 25th Sep 2019, 15:45
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Boeing Adding Safety Oversight, Will Examine Flight Deck Design

https://aviationweek.com/commercial-...ht-deck-design

“… expected to create a centralized safety-centric organization, and plans to examine how flight-deck design and pilot training can change to better serve operators.”

“While most changes would be within Boeing, the most visible ones to industry are likely to stem from the recommendation to “re-examine flight deck design and operation.” The committee examined global flight crew certification training requirements, and “what we saw is that they vary significantly,” … partnering with airlines and others in the industry to re-examine assumptions around flight deck design and operation.’


“Boeing’s work would extend into training, both a key element for the safe operation of its products and, through its growing services business, a promising revenue-generator.”

The ‘airline approach’ indicates that it will still be US centric, opposed to a more worldly view (ex Southwest pilot).
Renewed interest in training, but commerce before safety.

The flight deck design / operational issues relate to human factors, particularly differences between ‘theory’ and practice. Assumptions … ^
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