Hand Solo
I think AB310's point is that "idiot proofing" the aircraft is exactly what AB seem to be aiming at (that is not necessarily a criticism since we have long since passed the point when men understood all the workings of the machines which they operate) but that in the process the logic path is sometimes taken away from the comprehension of the pilot brain,which after all remains in the same mod state as at the time of the Wright Brothers.
Hence BOAC's comments about training and my point about the misleading Retard warning which perhaps explains your "how could they."
We can't keep writing off experienced professional pilots who crash Airbuses (or indeed any other aircraft) as "idiots" without this sort of debate. We owe it to our colleagues.
Last edited by Max Tow; 6th Aug 2007 at 00:17.