Originally Posted by
Lookleft
Too many pilots will operate a control be it flaps or gear without actually checking what they have their hand on. Many times an Airbus has landed with the park brake on when the crew thought they had selected the flaps.
Then the instructors, examiners and systems that accept that basic failure to occur as a routine need to be corrected in their processes. Have we devolved that far? We just plonked a F-35B in the brine with a ramp strike, as the JG was relying on modes that were not selected, and not monitoring the dynamics of his aircraft. Perhaps flight crew that want to play Nintendo so do so, away from aircraft that are dynamic, filled with lots of hydrocarbons and kinetic energy (well, supposed to be...) and filled with soft centered gooey stuff we tend to have affections for.
Is the design brilliant? Nope, when ah HS748 looks like an ergonomic miracle, it is time to revisit the Part 25 bits that surround HMI, but until then, would it not be nice for people to do pilots things when they dress up in fancy dress.