AF 447 Thread No. 7

[AlphaZuluRomeo]

Originally Posted by infrequentflyer789

We mostly agree. I think the autotrim discussion probably merits a thread in itself as it goes much wide than this accident.

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Originally Posted by infrequentflyer789

In more general terms I fear the industry may have got itself into a nasty spiral:

1. more accidents per hour in manual flying therefore we should use more automatics
2. only times pilots get handed the plane is when George says "something's wrong because we've got to the edge of the envelope, I have limited (no) intelligence and don't know what to do now, so you have control. By the way, that's the stick shaker..."
3. resulting crash happens with human in control and is then another tick in the "mechanics are better than meat" box
4. return to (1)

Nicely put!

Originally Posted by infrequentflyer789

I've thought for a while that it might even be beneficial if George took a mandatory random bathroom break every flight or so, just to ensure the real pilots are kept excrcised. Ecam: "you have control, I'm off down the back for a pee and to chat up the cute FA, back in 15".

Now that would be a reason to call automation "HAL". The under-tought is interesting but please don't try to sell it that way