Aircraft=Complex machine.. .Pilot=Person who flies and navigates aircraft.. .Automation=System for controlling and monitoring aircraft systems.. .Engineer=Person who understands aircraft systems and the automation system.
As an industrial engineer we would never dream of operating a plant without an engineer close on hand to get it working when it goes wrong, never mind how much automation we have to help. Transplant that idea to an aircraft in Mid-Atlantic!
. .Bring back the flight engineer and we will all be safer (and feel safer).
[ 04 February 2002: Message edited by: Nihontraveller ]</p>