Originally Posted by
infrequentflyer789
.... the lack of an AOA indicator.
Am I the only one here who thinks there is little or no point in an AoA indicator on the panel of an 'ordinary' subsonic airliner?
We've seen arguments for it on carrier-based aircraft, and yes, Concorde had one, but that was hardly an 'ordinary' airliner.
Does anybody here have any suggestions on how you would "fly" an AoA indicator in normal operations? And how you would include it in your scan?
To me, the suggestion of adding an 'unfamiliar, new' instrument (requiring additional training, too) because, once upon a time, people were incapable of inferring the state of their aircraft from the available data, makes no sense.
I hope I made myself clear.