Pitch trim awareness
Airplanes that have no manual trim wheels or lack tactile feel to trim activity usually have trim indications in the normal field of vision of pilots or incorporated in the normal display page on EICAS/ECAM or centre miscellaneous advisory panel.Additionally some planes flash a pitch mistrim message on the FMA additional to a trim aural whooler if operated more than 1 second manually..and activation of normal pitch trim causes AP disconnect.
That said..Pilots are supposed to have well trained and observant eyes and display sensitivity and competency in instrument scan,interpretation,and flight control.The FMA is there to make life easier..not lazier for us..let's use it like our eyes and ears! And..when the FMA screams at us an alarm and we miss it through panic stricken motions...and we end up causing an upset both in the cabin and in the office..or after the final analysis give reasons for the crash detectives to promounce "pilot error"..and tabloids and hollywood to portray us for less than what we are supposed to be...
Last edited by Trackdiamond; 7th Feb 2014 at 18:13.
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