Originally Posted by
Old King Coal
Someone above mentioned the use of a HUD... I would just point out that that piece of electronic crap bears a lot of responsibility for the crash of FZ981 (read the report) and, personally, I'm no fan of the HUD... on a CAVOK day a look out of the window coupled with some good old-fashioned stick & rudder skills is just as good (if not better) than anything the HUD can provide..
The accident to FZ981 did not occur in CAVOK.
The poor souls flying FZ981 may not have made good use of the HUD, or may have been let down by its implementation but bringing that into this conversation seems inappropriate to me