What is airmanship, how is it taught, and what do we mean by ‘up’.
RAT, et al, I have made this point before, but worth repeating.
“Children of the Magenta Line’ is a useful training tool, but one specifically designed for a particular operator with a specific ‘culture’, thus it is important to understand this before use.
A major message is ‘Click – Click’, the need to disengage automation, but there is little guidance as to how a pilot determines when to disengage. There may be operator / culture specific assumptions about this; thus before using this video it is important to understand the operator’s assumptions and think about any others which you might apply.
What might be obvious with hindsight might not be so obvious to a crew in ongoing situations.
There is an important need to provide guidance (tools) to aid pilots identify situations where there is a need to change the mode of operation – both autopilot and A/T; when to change the mode of thinking.
There range of possible situations is endless, thus publishing specifics is very restrictive, perhaps only those which you can think of beforehand. Or issues which you dismiss as ‘no one would do that – I couldn’t’ possible believe anyone would do that’, as in many posts in this thread.
The industry needs to identify generic advice and training to help in this process, this probably involves aspects of Airmanship or how to ‘keep the Blue - Side up’; can we answer these points?
What is airmanship, how is it taught, and what do we mean by ‘up’.