Absolutely - they are trained and kept current to the standards of their country, or company in some cases. I really like the pilots who fly GA aircraft in their spare time for fun - they know how to hand fly an airplane. that having been said, I don't think Sully flew GA - just had good training and kept his cool.
On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 4:54 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > On May 30, 2018 at 5:37 PM OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > > > > I would add - "yet" to Autopilot Does_not_work. Early Sperry auto-pilots > in > > aircraft killed a few people as well - but auto-pilot is just short of > > standard equipment now, and most of your airliner rides are flown by a > > computer. > > ...resulting, in some cases, in high hour "pilots" who don't know how to > fly when they have to take over from the robopilot... > https://www.ntsb.gov/news/events/Pages/2014_Asiana_BMG-Abstract.aspx > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > -- OK Don *“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 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 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
