> > Airplane consoles are hideously complex. Would simplifying them make it > easier for more people to become commercial pilots? Would it serve the > passengers and cargo well if some of the gauges were removed and the more > powerful switches made harder to get at in order to have a "friendlier" > interface? Or are they just kept complex to ensure that existing pilots > keep their job seniority? (God, I hope not!)
Unfortunately, the logic that overly complex systems are perhaps best kept that way in order to promote exclusivity amongst a superintelligent few is small comfort to those passengers on board airplanes that have been flown into the sides of mountains. All the prestige of being a pilot goes out the window when in the end, the FAA blames human error. ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
