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Old 1st Aug 2013, 01:27
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Originally Posted by mross
What I am interested in is how many times FBW automation intervenes and stops the pilot from making errors, and comparing this to the more well known cases where the pilot has had to prevent the automation doing something to hazard the aircraft.
And what I've been trying to tell you is that FBW and automation are two separate concepts.

Now, in these modern days of QARs and FOQA etc., you can be sure that if any of the protections were triggered they would be logged, and the airline would have to deal with it.
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