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Old 23rd Apr 2021, 18:17
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FullWings
 
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Kind of. Unfortunately, humans are pretty bad at monitoring things that don’t change much and/or go wrong very infrequently. We are hardwired for motion, interest and relevance. You can try this by looking for an extended period at something static, without moving your eyes: eventually it starts to lose meaning and even start to morph and/or trigger strange visual sensations.

Having a PFD with a FD doesn’t really help either, compared with a steam instrument setup. Mode confusion/awareness is a big issue too; IMO, the current generation of EFIS is far from optimal in presentation and if there are multiple problems, warnings can overload your ability to process them.
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