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Forum: Tech Log
4th Feb 2016, 15:20
Replies: 290
Views: 53,783
Posted By FDMII

NorthernKestrel, many thanks for posting this! ...

NorthernKestrel, many thanks for posting this!

Tourist, thank you for your kind response.
Forum: Tech Log
3rd Feb 2016, 16:17
Replies: 290
Views: 53,783
Posted By FDMII

All aircraft long ago became too complicated such...

All aircraft long ago became too complicated such that pilots could know everything about the aircraft. The L1011 was an exceedingly complex aircraft, very sophisticated for its time, particularly...
Forum: Tech Log
1st Feb 2016, 20:22
Replies: 290
Views: 53,783
Posted By FDMII

I know one important thing about "knowing it...

I know one important thing about "knowing it all": I don't. No one does, even B & A.

Like all complex professions such as ours there are a dozen ways to skin a cat and each has his or her...
Forum: Tech Log
1st Feb 2016, 17:21
Replies: 290
Views: 53,783
Posted By FDMII

ExV238, OK465, Chris Scott: yes, CONF iture's...

ExV238, OK465, Chris Scott: yes, CONF iture's reference is being made to the movement of the THS as it follows-on the elevators' attempt to maintain the 1 G datum when the aircraft is not in Direct...
Forum: Tech Log
1st Feb 2016, 14:48
Replies: 290
Views: 53,783
Posted By FDMII

They were neither "idiots", nor was/is the...

They were neither "idiots", nor was/is the man-machine interface perfect. This is why we are discussing these issues on a Tech Forum and why being knowledgable and correct regarding how these...
Forum: Tech Log
1st Feb 2016, 06:51
Replies: 290
Views: 53,783
Posted By FDMII

Capn Bloggs, re, "Having to fly an aeroplane...

Capn Bloggs, re, "Having to fly an aeroplane differently because it's systems have had a dummy-spit is not training the way you fight. Throw in autotrim with backstick and you've set the crew up...
Forum: Tech Log
31st Jan 2016, 16:56
Replies: 290
Views: 53,783
Posted By FDMII

Davies dealt briefly with the notion of...

Davies dealt briefly with the notion of perfection as well, in offering the thought that air transports must be realistically designed for average skill.

While the goal of perfection is entirely...
Forum: Tech Log
29th Jan 2016, 18:50
Replies: 290
Views: 53,783
Posted By FDMII

alf5071h; If I may, are you including the...

alf5071h;

If I may, are you including the notions of "muscle-memory" in the cognitive category or might it be a separate subject?

I ask this from a sense that cognition is a reasoning/memory...
Forum: Tech Log
26th Jan 2016, 17:07
Replies: 290
Views: 53,783
Posted By FDMII

"No; but human intuition (gut feeling) often...

"No; but human intuition (gut feeling) often overrides rationality."

Touché
Forum: Tech Log
26th Jan 2016, 16:33
Replies: 290
Views: 53,783
Posted By FDMII

safetypee, re, "...but cheaper, perhaps not.",...

safetypee, re, "...but cheaper, perhaps not.", and, "A CS 25 for every element?"

Yes, understand both points. I wanted to at least challenge the notion of "cheaper" in the examining of the balance...
Forum: Tech Log
26th Jan 2016, 14:18
Replies: 290
Views: 53,783
Posted By FDMII

Yes, I think so. As I have posted earlier in the...

Yes, I think so. As I have posted earlier in the thread, autonomous flight is, and has been possible for many years.

The argument for autonomous flight has always been the reduction of "human...
Forum: Tech Log
25th Jan 2016, 13:54
Replies: 290
Views: 53,783
Posted By FDMII

Absence of responses is not always an indication...

Absence of responses is not always an indication of a lack of engagement, it is just an indication of "absence of responses", period.

Not every post requires an ack or a response, sometimes...
Forum: Tech Log
20th Jan 2016, 15:18
Replies: 290
Views: 53,783
Posted By FDMII

Mansfield, I very much enjoyed your comments...

Mansfield, I very much enjoyed your comments regarding Taylorism. To me it showed a broader view of matters, which is something the "automation discourse" does need, including a touch of philosophy. ...
Forum: Tech Log
15th Jan 2016, 18:59
Replies: 290
Views: 53,783
Posted By FDMII

RAT 5; The "Hudson" phenomenon is, by...

RAT 5;

The "Hudson" phenomenon is, by Sully's own admission, "what we do". He accepted the accolades graciously, gave a superb and timely presentation to Congress, (February 2009) decrying in...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Jan 2016, 23:27
Replies: 290
Views: 53,783
Posted By FDMII

LlamaFarmer; Ah, ok - yes, LoCo, and U-LoCo,...

LlamaFarmer;

Ah, ok - yes, LoCo, and U-LoCo, understand. BA's numbers look similar to here, except the landing fees & enroute costs, a billion+ USD? And of course, those costs can't be automated...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Jan 2016, 19:29
Replies: 290
Views: 53,783
Posted By FDMII

"Really?" Yes. I was incorrect only in...

"Really?"

Yes.

I was incorrect only in stating "payroll for flight crews" - air carriers' highest financial liabilities are fuel, followed by employee (not just flight crew),...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Jan 2016, 16:42
Replies: 290
Views: 53,783
Posted By FDMII

In a word, yes I tend to think so. But I wouldn't...

In a word, yes I tend to think so. But I wouldn't call such a process an "amoral calculation", (Vaughn, The Challenger Launch Decision), in the sense that the risk was understood but the economic...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Jan 2016, 15:57
Replies: 290
Views: 53,783
Posted By FDMII

LlamaFarmer, to your point, I was googling the...

LlamaFarmer, to your point, I was googling the abbreviations in your post, (DODAR, etc) and in the list of hits was this AAIB Report...
Forum: Tech Log
10th Jan 2016, 16:54
Replies: 290
Views: 53,783
Posted By FDMII

Centaurus, :ok: 1201alarm; I would surely...

Centaurus, :ok:

1201alarm;
I would surely like to believe this, but I have several colleagues / friends instructing at various Asian carriers and am informed that they are by no means...
Forum: Tech Log
9th Jan 2016, 17:21
Replies: 290
Views: 53,783
Posted By FDMII

RAT 5, indeed, would that this were true but I...

RAT 5, indeed, would that this were true but I don't think it is. But I'd be interested in specifics, not naming an airline of course, but affirmations that one's carrier encourages a balance of...
Forum: Tech Log
5th Jan 2016, 21:17
Replies: 290
Views: 53,783
Posted By FDMII

:ok: -agree, & standing by. Cheers to you,...

:ok: -agree, & standing by.

Cheers to you, RAT 5
Forum: Tech Log
5th Jan 2016, 18:01
Replies: 290
Views: 53,783
Posted By FDMII

...hairs on the back of their necks...

Yes, for sure.

And to your point, computers/software are not and cannot be anticipatory. They are forever and always reactive to present input, even as that input and reaction to the "present"...
Forum: Tech Log
5th Jan 2016, 15:36
Replies: 290
Views: 53,783
Posted By FDMII

RAT 5, re: :ok: I like that series of...

RAT 5, re:
:ok: I like that series of observations. I think it captures what is meant by "guidance of wise men,...", etc. I particularly agree with you where automation and SOPs is concerned, (Solid...
Forum: Tech Log
4th Jan 2016, 19:10
Replies: 290
Views: 53,783
Posted By FDMII

safetypee, thank you; - a refreshing and engaging...

safetypee, thank you; - a refreshing and engaging interpretation of the state of modern aviation, and one with which I am not at all in disagreement.

To clarify, the urgency of "knowing one's...
Forum: Tech Log
4th Jan 2016, 17:07
Replies: 290
Views: 53,783
Posted By FDMII

RAT 5 The notion of "SOPs" has recently,...

RAT 5

The notion of "SOPs" has recently, (last decade or so), been taking its cue or borrowing its meaning from SMS & the audit process, which, in my view, are substantially different (and at odds...
Forum: Tech Log
4th Jan 2016, 15:41
Replies: 290
Views: 53,783
Posted By FDMII

Hello Centaurus; Davies* should be required...

Hello Centaurus;

Davies* should be required reading for all airline pilots and especially those joining our ranks today.

Automation should not alter anything, but we have permitted it to do so...
Forum: Tech Log
3rd Jan 2016, 16:22
Replies: 290
Views: 53,783
Posted By FDMII

Stilton, we may have had the best of times as...

Stilton, we may have had the best of times as captains! However, in my view, if young pilots are reading this forum, perhaps it is time to speak frankly regarding loss of skills and becoming a...
Forum: Tech Log
2nd Jan 2016, 22:39
Replies: 290
Views: 53,783
Posted By FDMII

It's more complex than that. I am also of...

It's more complex than that.

I am also of the opinion that this, (the "certainty" of pilotless, commercial airline flight), is the dead-horse..., but the arguments 'for' pilotless flight must be...
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