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Old 30th Jun 2011, 20:47
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NoHoverstop
 
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Easy to criticise someone else's work, so here goes!

How do I get into that seat without stepping on something expensively frangible or bashing my head on the overhead throttles/condition-levers or kicking my co-pilot? Now, I've knocked many a switch getting in/out of a cockpit seat in my not-illustrious* career, so I appreciate that sometimes the cockpit designer has to fall back on trusting the aircrew not to be clumsy oafs. But if you can design out as many potential "inadvertent actuation"s as practical then you'll make a safer aircraft. So please tell me that you considered how the crew get in/out of the cockpit, as well how well it works when they're sitting comfortably.

*although HMS Illustrious was involved and I should be clear that, as ever, that good ship and her crew did indeed live up to the name
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