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Old 19th Nov 2010, 18:49
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PUKKA GEN
 
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Computorization in Aviation

The use of computors in flying was inevitable, and in most cases welcome. Unfortunately, those grey haired ,old (safe?) pilots were not able to program complicated, (duplicated?,triplicated) systems, and the language used fell to the "non flying" intellects. Thus we have a mixed, dare I say bi-lingual, system wherein one computor system has "authority"
over another, and "effectiveness " becomes secondary.
The QF 380, and the Hudson River landing, appear to be two recent cases where "grey hair" (just fly the airplane!), trumped cockpit horns/bells and rapidly changing (duplicating?) screens
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