Cockpit Wish List
 

Assuming your boss gave you carte-blanche to outfit the cockpit of your new top end bizjet what is the one item at the top of your wish list? I am looking to pick your collective brains to help with my decisions. Area of ops is mostly within North America with a twice yearly scoot across to the E.U. Thanks.

An intercom/RT paddle switch on the cockpit side wall just where you rest your arm. You can then use it without having to reach for the CC. Been in use in RAF aircraft for years and is the best gadjet in the cockpit.

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Dancing girls. Lots of dancing girls.

Hope this helps.:E

Ejection seats,failing that "42" plasma screen with "adult" entertainment

Weather on data link and SATCOM

SatCom / Wx Link we have and the dancing girls kept losing their tutus when we tried out the ejection seat. The I/C paddle and position is an excellent suggestion. Any others?
Thanks in advance.

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Rockwell-Collins/Flight Dynamics Head-Up Guidance System (none of your Thales or Honeywell not-so-cheap copies) - course I'm biased - I worked on the original RJ system.

ACARS, HUD (HUG), Forward Looking Infra Red, Electronic Flight Bag, make sure the TCAS/ACAS has an "Above/Below" mode selection switch, and a snooze button on the FMS.

Cheers.

I dunno the term in English, so I'll just call it "countdown-clock with alarm", you know, the one you have in kitchen.

The Above/Below selectable transponderc is a great feat, just make sure it is not a dial type, but punch-in instead.

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Death ray.:E

But seriously, a convenient place to plug in a laptop, portable GPS for backup, or maybe an iPod for those long sectors.
And a lot of individually-switched, intensity-controllable lighting for both pilots.

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"Common" TCASs display only trafiic within +/- 2 FL, not to clutter the view in busy areas. However, some systems have the availability to select Above/Normal/Below viewing regimes to show [u]in addition[/] all traffic upwards xor downwards as far as 7 FLs.

This is only display mode, in no way it effects the TCAS function.

My new car has a small display next to the speedo, it's based upon current fuel consumption and an accurate fuel gauge. It reads off miles left until fuel required.

One of those.

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A reliable ADF

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A change to ICAO rules, not requiring you to carry an ADF?

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thought the ADF was just an instrument for the planes not carrying weather radar. Seems its only function is to direct you to the biggest CB in the area:ok:

As FlightDetent implies, the A/B BTN can be nice to have during descent/climb, to check for traffic above/below, outside the standart 2.500ft+/-. Fighter aircraft, especially, tend to buzz through those 2.500ft in no-time...

One more thing: Very serious set of sun visors!

And if it is not included already, EGPWS!

A deeper cup holder on the A320! A vente Starbucks cup is a disaster waiting to happen on T/O...

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ACARS/AFIS/ARINC Datalink via VHF and SAT. Latest s/w for FMS to include RNP .1 certification and Pilot Controller Datalink capabilities. Navcom equip to include; dual ADF, Dual MLS, Dual DME displays, Dual HF, Dual AHRS with an IRS, Dual GPS with GLONASS, GALILEO, and WAAS, AFIS thermal printer, Dual EFB with ARINC interface, 406mHz ELT with ARINC interface, SATCOM for aircraft with seperate channel for cockpit.