AF 447
I find it very disturbing that so much reliance is placed on computerised flight systems which apparently are not fully capable of informing the ‘human’ pilots of the aircrafts actual status in flight.
Yes, there were audio stall warnings on the flight deck of AF 447, but did any of these warnings advise the pilots to decrease AOA?
No.
Why not?
Multiple audio warnings and multiple ECAM messages on the flight deck only serve to distract the pilots from the job in hand. Passenger aircraft should be designed to give the pilots the option of disabling all automated systems and of taking full manual control when required.
Pilots should be trained and tested to ensure that they are skilled enough to do this.
As I understand it, this is not currently the case..
When I and my family fly as pax, I want to be confident that the flight crew can actually fly the aircraft manually and are not totally reliant on it’s automated systems.
Can anyone assure me that this is the case?