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Old 12th May 2013, 12:16
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what is wrong with raw data and hdg sel or is that forbidden in your airline?
The world wide problem, BOAC, is that automation addiction/dependency is more widespread than aircraft designers would have ever envisaged. Manufacturers and airline managements, push by way of ever-increasing SOP that raw data is the metaphorical road to disaster.

In the early days of EFIS, what became the jocular remark of "I can't fly - but I can type at 80 WPM," is now truer than ever before. Even the selection of HDG mode is seen as a 'downgrading' of automation. The combination of raw data and HDG SEL now sends shivers of alarm among even experienced pilots let alone the newbi seconds-in-command with their new MPL licence.
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