Gretchenfrage.
You are right in one thing. Aircraft aerodynamic and physical design should obviously not be altered.
But the interface between the aircraft and the pilots could very well be. Give those Russians what they are used to in terms of artificial horizons etc. It is comparably easy to replace a module in the cockpit, not so easy to replace human lives lost (blind pew gave one really good example in this regard).
CRM is another tool for aircraft safety that could easily be altered to accommodate for cultural differences. Give Asian FOs the tools to communicate to the Capt without loss of face but still within their social limits. Only the Asian carriers would know how to implement this, but I am sure they too want to reduce aircraft losses.
Last edited by MrSnuggles; 8th Mar 2014 at 20:30.
Reason: removed " like the Malaysian 370 we are just learning about" because that is irrelevant