Basic Gestural Process
Sorry to use that gallicism "gestual". I searched how to replace the word "gestual" and explain better what I was wanting to describe behind "basic gestual process". In French we have two words : "gestuel(le) (adjectif)" and "gestuelle (noun)". But I didn't want to focuse only on the "gestuelle". "Basic" and "process" are just so important.
I confirm to bubbers44 there is no such/analog existing official expression. Perhaps somebody will correct that fact and say it already exists with an other name?
"Basic aircraft handling" suggested by RetiredF4 is near from my aim, but I wanted to say that "Basics" is not only "handling" or, worse, "pushing buttons", but a real high performance dynamic system using many skills of human body and brain, in competition with FBW and automation. I understand that the structure of that system is a multiprocessor (IT science would say "multicore") controlled by some gestural algorithms.
I want to remind that the word "process" refers to "procession" (one after the other, it is that simple structure who allowed computors' expansion) , and check-lists and SOPs are "processes". These processes are written in manuals but the most of these piloting and managing flight processes are built with movements and gestures where all the senses are the sensors, and many body parts are the actuators.
All the human processes are interconnected during Basic formation in an actual network , with a great possibility of combinations and adaptation in time, greater of these of synthetic algorithms.
I agree that human pilot is not able to focuse during hours and hours. But he is able to focuse very well - if regularly trained - during shorter periods and transient parts of flight, see aerobatics, air combat for the best of our Dear PPRuNe's eagles. If something new happens the human has a greater capacity of invention that the computers who are known to be stupid like asses.
The AP is enough to help during steady parts of the flight (inter tropical zone is not the best place for meal and other rests). AF447 shows that FBW did NOT protect them.
The human pilot has a greater rate of error in repetition, and we know that if he starts a bad analysis he tends to stay in error unaware of the treat he puted on himself if time is missing to sit, think and try again.
But the human brain has much better performance facing complexity (if well selected and taught). That cockpit tasks' complexity is desserved by the five senses and many gestures done together in learned processes during basic teaching and regular training.
These basic gestural coprocesses conduced Neil Armstrong to put the foot on the Moon. At the same day a sovietic robot crashed not far away.
Last edited by Jetdriver; 14th Nov 2013 at 05:47.