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Old 18th Jan 2011, 20:44
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Horatio Leafblower
 
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The article should have had a more comprehensive error-correction sidebar.
An error-detection sidebar (EDS) is similar to an electrical bus bar. Usually located on the right hand side of the cockpit, a series of buttons and flashing lights labelled in accordance wth the HFACS taxonomy will alert the pilot (or instructor) in the event of a human factors failure.

An error-detection and correction sidebar (EDS+C) is an advanced sysytem interfaced with the autopilot and will cut the pilot out of the loop in the event of Human Error. This system is often found on Airbus aircraft.

Error-detection, correction and termination (EDSCT) is under development and will use electrodes in the pilots headset to terminate the pilot if an error is made.

The alarm system is connected to the pilot's brain through his headset and later models interface with Bluetooth adapters on the headset to notify your friends, via Facebook, that you have fcked up.


...or he could mean the little boxed column on the last page of the story where a CASA chappy plays Monday's Expert and tells everyone about the blindingly obvious errors made by the hapless pilot
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