Originally Posted by Old Carthusian
It is not due to the complexity of the machine or even the interface but a failure in procedures, training, psychology and CRM. Human factors, gentlemen - focus on these.
Why not including
the complexity of the machine or even the interface in the equation ?
It is precisely a matter of knowing your machine, nothing more and nothing less. Knowing what it does, knowing what happens if the various flight states are in operation. It's really a simple thing - it's called professionalism.
I wish it would be that simple - Unfortunately the complexity involved makes it is not.
the manufacturer isn't responsible for this
What to expect when a Manufacturer puts on the market a product that's supposed to correct the pilot's errors to the point that its designer publicly announces that even his housekeeper could fly it ... ?