Nonetheless,a 'triangle of protection' can be identified - pilot performance (through screening at selection, knowledge, training, experience etc), company culture and aircraft capability. If all three are attacked then there is a way out of these types of accidents. I do accept that the A320 series is not perfect, but it is nonetheless a genuinely 'smart' machine which provides significant, but not foolproof, protections against pilot mishandling.
Nicely said. But how does reality look like ? Basic flying training is reduced every year.
(the introduction of MPL is reducing actual flight hours in our ab initio training by another 30 % after it was already recuced by 50 % since the end of the 80īs in my company) No problem, because we have īsmartī machines ? The statistics show the opposite.
How can we avoid a loss of control accident ? Some more computers, or some more protection modes (...which of course will cause other accidents - f.e. Quantas 330). Or would it be smarter, to invest again in a pilot who can control pitch and power ?
On line training wouldnīt cost anything, btw.