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Old 24th Aug 2013, 10:54
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The newly installed cockpit warning on the EC225 is the first in cockpit HUMS warning ever. I am not even sure that is a great idea but that's my personal opinion.

Until now, there have been no HUMS warnings in the cockpit. The likelihood of a false warning causing an unnecessary ditching is too high.
Furthermore, HUMS is meant to pick up issues way before the pilot would need to be worried about them.

HUMS is good but not perfect and the systems still have some way to go to maintain a level of integrity which would allow sufficient confidence to give cockpit warnings.
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