Originally Posted by
SpazSinbad
The F-35C pilot was recognising & waiting for an LSO wave off because: "...94. The MP explained that he thought the LSO were going to wave off his attempt to land because he was fast at the start to in the middle of the landing attempt...." This was a bad pilot attitude. Pilot flies the aircraft not the LSOs. They advise mostly and then they COMMAND - which must be OBEYed - with the WAVE OFF being mandatory, no matter what anyone thinks.
Presumably the waiting was concluded at around the time of the ramp strike.
Was that an attempt to teach the LSO something? The logic of waiting for a wave off when the flight path or energy state is already ugly seems to be a fundamentally flawed plan.
Irrespective of the amount of bells and whistles that are incorporated into the system, and displayed by whatever means, somewhere there is a speedo and an alpha indexer, and the assumption that a mode that is selected is going to work as advertised comes with historical examples of unfortunate outcomes. Should we remove the wings from the pilots uniform and replace it with a stylised Nintendo hand piece?
Automation is great, it does not and never will replace the need for monitoring of the system performance, and if that is inconvenient, then there are jobs begging at McDonalds and Carl's Jnr that are easier on the demand of monitoring of systems performance.
AZ 214, AF447, Pierre le Luberjack, Bangalore, even the Too loose A330-300 test flight deal.... assuming automation is going to work every time is fine if you have really good life insurance or religion.