Andrew, You play the part of Pilot In Command for a bit..
You are responsible for the lives of 200 people on board, perhaps $200,000 worth of cargo in the hold, an airplane valued at $70,000,000.00, and your reputation as Captain, which took you 15 yrs of long hours and hard work to get. Now.. it's dark, it's known ice conditions, the winds aloft are at near gale force, and your experience tells you those sensors are prone to malfunction in ice, or may give false readings.. AND you know you must have met Runway Visual Range Rules to land .. .. Do you "rely on the automatic system" or do you use every resource at your disposal to safely land the aircraft or deliver it to a safe location? You decide.. you have less than 8 minutes during the approach to landing.. tick toc...........tick toc....... tick toc.... Your approach speed is 186 kts. your landing weight is 230,000 lbs, if you descend into dirt it's gonna hurt... a lot.. still feeling comfortable releasing control to all those little electronics? On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 3:19 PM, Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> wrote: > But if you're making an approach in the dark and can't see 10' in front of > the cockpit due to blizzard like conditions wouldn't it be wise to trust > the automatic controls? > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 2:23 PM, OK Don <okd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > True Andrew, however Grant's point is more relevant to the Air France > > accident over the Atlantic - where they think a sensor iced over and was > > giving bad readings. The computer can't keep you in the air with bad > > data. All of these large aircraft are "too many small parts flying in > close > > formation". > > > > I fly by wire - wire cables between the control wheel and the control > > surfaces! > > > > On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 9:47 PM, Andrew Strasfogel < > astrasfo...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > So the computer in the Germanwings disaster was listening to a human > and > > if > > > left alone would not hav e crashed the plane. Perhaps we need MORE > > > technology and less reliance on potential human error. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > OK Don > > > > NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! > > > > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many > of > > our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > > > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few > who > > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > > for themselves." > > > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > > 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg > > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
