From the AvWeb site....
REPORT: NO SAFETY ADVANTAGE TO GLASS PANELS
The safety records of airplanes with glass panels are about the same as airplanes of the same model with analog cockpits, according to a new study by the Air Safety Institute, a division of the AOPA Foundation.
However, "glass-panel aircraft may be more susceptible to accidents during takeoffs, landings, and go-arounds," the study found.
The available data were insufficient to conclude what caused that difference. Some factors, according to the study, might include transition training, a tendency to fixate on the glass panels instead of external cues, or difficulty in interpreting airspeed and altitude from the glass-panel readouts compared to interpreting analog displays. The complete study, which provides an exhaustive and complex analysis of the data, is available free online (PDF).
I don't use them often enough to become 'automatic' at looking for
IAS / Alt......
Your thoughts??
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Glass of red, snack....)
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