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Forum: Rumours & News
11th Dec 2015, 17:21
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

Volume and Deadheader I was thinking along the...

Volume and Deadheader
I was thinking along the same lines but with a rather different direction.

Pavlov ringing a bell and his dogs salivated as a conditioned reaction. For some pilots a lot of...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Feb 2015, 19:33
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

If there would be no industry impact, Indonesia...

If there would be no industry impact, Indonesia would not have issued the public cease and desist warning to Airbus and AirAsia. There are one or more things to come out that neither will like.
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Feb 2015, 12:14
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

I think that you are understating the problems. ...

I think that you are understating the problems.

The approach to training and operational flight now is that flight crew are positively discouraged from manual flight at cruise levels. The...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Feb 2015, 23:00
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

It certainly appears that is the case - it may...

It certainly appears that is the case - it may even be that they have already raised objections and this is a shot across the bows to prevent further 'interference'.

That raises all sorts of...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Feb 2015, 16:27
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

Sorry the idea of continuity holds - but its not...

Sorry the idea of continuity holds - but its not quite the same as banking cutover to a standby data center. A data center cutover is automated with redundant copies of the databases held at...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Feb 2015, 11:58
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

Your analogy does not hold for aviation. As...

Your analogy does not hold for aviation.

As a software engineer you will know that there are always going to be difficult areas - the 'otherwise cases' that drop through the IF-THEN-ELSE logic or...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Feb 2015, 13:46
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

On the contrary, it is companies that have only...

On the contrary, it is companies that have only been doing avoidance training that has led to the current state.

* Anyone flying manually outside the immediate landing or takeoff gets snitched...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Feb 2015, 15:12
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

If the aircraft requires an ejector seat for...

If the aircraft requires an ejector seat for pilot safety if it stalls/spins then I am not sure it should be certified as a commercial airliner. :sad:

Test pilots have deliberately test...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Feb 2015, 10:38
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

At one stage in my 'career' I qualified as an...

At one stage in my 'career' I qualified as an ISO-9000 auditor. One of the things that was expressed to me during the training was that procedures were not required for everything, only where it was...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Feb 2015, 16:44
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

Harry, Carbon made the distinct point that...

Harry,
Carbon made the distinct point that the aircraft was flying on autopilot all the time. What was being shown was how small the yoke movements were by the autopilot. Carbon pointed out that...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Feb 2015, 10:39
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

I am glad to see that my suggestion triggered...

I am glad to see that my suggestion triggered some discussion. If I were looking to design something along those lines I would expect to use AOA and probably a variable delay dependent on flight...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Feb 2015, 18:00
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

Exactly Nigel,:ok: but perhaps you should...

Exactly Nigel,:ok: but perhaps you should continue with the quote. When it _is_ stalled the A320 just keeps the THS where it got to, if it motored to neutral it could help a lot. Unless you can...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Feb 2015, 21:46
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

Perhaps all that is needed is not so much an...

Perhaps all that is needed is not so much an automated stall recovery so much as automatics sensing approach to stall and stall not making things worse. For example as the aircraft approaches stall...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Feb 2015, 10:45
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

If that is the case it seems somewhat dilatory to...

If that is the case it seems somewhat dilatory to not provide the aircraft stall and post stall behavior information to the simulator designers. The sim behavior would be then be correct; and we are...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Feb 2015, 01:26
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

I have worked on such safety systems with really...

I have worked on such safety systems with really professional programmers and system designers it would take around 18 months to approve a design in the software through the control process. ...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Feb 2015, 20:12
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

I think that using the hydraulics as an analogy...

I think that using the hydraulics as an analogy is not quite correct. Hydraulics have no power of decision they do what they are told and without a computer interface that is precisely what the...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Jan 2015, 09:25
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

We can already surmise a lot from the lack of...

We can already surmise a lot from the lack of reaction from Airbus who already know all there is to know of the DFDR/CVR recordings. There have been no urgent ADs issued by Airbus as one would...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Jan 2015, 10:29
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

The family's suit does not appear to have any...

The family's suit does not appear to have any merit. The area was not overcrowded, it was standard delay in clearing an aircraft for higher and in any case higher would make an aircraft more...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Jan 2015, 16:03
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

It is also an idea to look at the research on...

It is also an idea to look at the research on cognitive tunneling/cognitive narrowing/attentional tunneling and multiple cognitive resource theory. All of which, unfortunately, appear to have been...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Jan 2015, 11:15
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

It is already being done - only a matter of time...

It is already being done - only a matter of time before the 'bus has it too
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Jan 2015, 16:27
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

It is important in many aircraft to avoid...

It is important in many aircraft to avoid stresses due to shockwaves forming on the aircraft surfaces due to approaching the speed of sound. The speed of sound is dependent on the air pressure _and_...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Jan 2015, 16:23
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

Yes I am aware of the certification of twins and...

Yes I am aware of the certification of twins and that many of them will reduce maximum available power on a good engine in asymmetric etc.,

But you then go on to agree with what I proposed.

As...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Jan 2015, 11:46
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

The automatics could have thought it was...

The automatics could have thought it was overspeed.

Enter a warm air with a spike up in outside air temperature and the Airbus protections can give you a zoom climb. If that warm air is warm...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Jan 2015, 11:53
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

Aircraft are made to 'fly' their structures are...

Aircraft are made to 'fly' their structures are not solid and many are deliberately honeycombed. Some parts of the structure like engines are denser. If you drop something into water that is moving...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Jan 2015, 09:56
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

The ocean currents in AFR447 were negligible in...

The ocean currents in AFR447 were negligible in the doldrums under the ITCZ and the wreckage was a lot deeper falling to the ocean floor at 13,000ft. The currents in the Java Sea in comparison are...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Jan 2015, 01:19
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

If they have not tested the actual aircraft - it...

If they have not tested the actual aircraft - it is only an assumption that the aircraft is 'spin tolerant' whatever that means. If you are actually at the point of stall and you have a compressor...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Jan 2015, 12:55
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

The base of radar cover for secondary radar is...

The base of radar cover for secondary radar is higher than the base of reception for ADS-B. The SSR was out of line of sight several seconds before the ADS-B was out of line of sight. This is...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Jan 2015, 12:51
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

But when it all goes 'pear shaped' who would you...

But when it all goes 'pear shaped' who would you rather have as PF a Chesley Sullenberger ex military pilot or a pilot who had never pulled g, put the nose down more than 15deg, never been upside...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Jan 2015, 23:43
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

Indeed there are - from more than a century ago...

Indeed there are - from more than a century ago in 1908 two psychologists Yerkes and Dodson developed a 'law' called after them but often refereed to as the inverted U.

If someone is idle with...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Jan 2015, 19:06
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

[from actual incident report] From other Airbus...

[from actual incident report]
From other Airbus experiences (and I am open to correction) the turbulence and fluctuating outside air temperature fluctuation lead to autopilot disconnect if the angle...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Jan 2015, 16:58
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

It will be where the ocean currents took it...

It will be where the ocean currents took it either as it floated or the undersea currents. 6Kts times however many hours/days it took to wedge into the seabed. How far is 6kts for 24hours? ...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Jan 2015, 15:11
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

Enter an updraft which by definition has higher...

Enter an updraft which by definition has higher temperature than the surroundings and is already carrying you up fast and then the aircraft does an 'assist' by climbing at 6000fpm inside the updraft....
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Jan 2015, 14:50
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

6000 fpm unexpected in an Airbus with a change of...

6000 fpm unexpected in an Airbus with a change of Outside Air Temperature? Not at all impossible indeed its happened before.


...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Jan 2015, 11:08
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

The name given is low levels of discrimination. ...

The name given is low levels of discrimination. The ability to make out a particular sound or voice in amongst other sounds, or even just the ability to understand speech.

In the extreme people...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Jan 2015, 23:38
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,302
Posted By Ian W

@A0283 Having had the misfortune to have...

@A0283

Having had the misfortune to have done some transcripts of fatal air accidents, I can assure you that it takes longer than you would think and is more draining than you would think -...
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