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Old 25th July 2009 | 08:38
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BOAC
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Originally Posted by alf
Autos are ‘Dumb and Dutiful’, and unlike a human, generally they cannot tell you when there are struggling – they just quit at the limiting condition.
- is there then a case for designing a softly degrading system? EG Hal - "David - I'm not feeling very well....."

Originally Posted by JT
In similar vein, is it reasonable to expect the modern (ie younger) pilot to be able to maintain the manipulative and situational skills of yesteryear as well as keeping on top of increasingly more convoluted and complex electronic systems ?
- pretty much back to the beginning of the thread here? I argue yes, and to assist we should make the auto systems
a) even 'more' failsafe
b) Easy to understand/use with proper training.
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