500E....for most pilots....a simple Red/Green light display would be about as complicated as one would need. Simple design, simple display, and very few options for a Pilot to understand.
Do we really care about everything else that makes the light illuminate or do we just want a warning of things being not quite right?
The CAA left to its own devices, will have Pilots writing technical papers (at no small cost too) on the design, manufacturing, and science that underlies the whole concept....rather than just putting the light in the cockpit and allowing us to react to the thing.
I do get a certain amount of joy out of Crab and HC having a go at one another....and will settle for that bit of pleasure while waiting for HUMs to mature yet another Generation in the process.
A good question is begged......"Can we ever with absolute certainty forecast/detect/identify/prevent all of the causes of a Catastropic MGB failure?"
Assuming the answer is a negative....at what point do we spend more money than it is worth and thus waste that money rather than spending the same amount of money on other more simple improvements that will provide for an equal increase in safety in other areas that cause deathes.....and thus be ahead of the game by doing that instead of pushing HUMs as the best way to cut down on Fatal Accidents?
Last edited by SASless; 9th Oct 2012 at 19:00.