Are pilots losing their skill?
Aug 30, 2011 | 9:04 am
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Are pilots losing their skill?
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110...ots_automation
Are they forgetting how to fly? It's also interesting that 3 of the "recent" major crashes were essentially caused by poor pilot decisions.
Are airline pilots forgetting how to fly? As planes become ever more reliant on automation to navigate crowded skies, safety officials worry there will be more deadly accidents traced to pilots who have lost their hands-on instincts in the air.
Are they forgetting how to fly? It's also interesting that 3 of the "recent" major crashes were essentially caused by poor pilot decisions.
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Aug 30, 2011 | 1:57 pm
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http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110...ots_automation
Are they forgetting how to fly? It's also interesting that 3 of the "recent" major crashes were essentially caused by poor pilot decisions.
Are they forgetting how to fly? It's also interesting that 3 of the "recent" major crashes were essentially caused by poor pilot decisions.
I don't believe so! But it is true that short distance regional pilots are usually more proficient in actual day-to-day Take Offs and Landings, than let's say a long distance international crew, who does most of their proficiency or currency flying in the simulator.
As far as commercial accidents or close call mishaps are concerned, complacency and overconfidence with some of the most experienced pilots are often the main cause - besides adverse weather.
Just my "5-cents" worth, as a relatively "low-time" US Private Pilot flying mostly SEL aircraft. - Cheers and Happy Landings - Menko
Aug 30, 2011 | 2:05 pm
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Thread title's been corrected so that makes moot the several posts (now deleted) pointing out the error. Ocn Vw 1K, Moderator.
Aug 30, 2011 | 2:54 pm
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Well, let's see: Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger III piloted Airbus A320 family aircraft, so he must have lost it, right?
Pilots are required to undergo simulator training and checks as well as cockpit checks with a check pilot on a regular basis, and required to recover aircraft from a variety of unusual attitudes, instrument losses, engine losses and other emergency conditions (simulators are often hair-raisingly realistic on these issues - pilots come out of the sim with a lot more sweat stains than they wen in with).
In a word, "no!"
Pilots are required to undergo simulator training and checks as well as cockpit checks with a check pilot on a regular basis, and required to recover aircraft from a variety of unusual attitudes, instrument losses, engine losses and other emergency conditions (simulators are often hair-raisingly realistic on these issues - pilots come out of the sim with a lot more sweat stains than they wen in with).
In a word, "no!"
Aug 30, 2011 | 4:09 pm
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Well, let's see: Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger III piloted Airbus A320 family aircraft, so he must have lost it, right?
Pilots are required to undergo simulator training and checks as well as cockpit checks with a check pilot on a regular basis, and required to recover aircraft from a variety of unusual attitudes, instrument losses, engine losses and other emergency conditions (simulators are often hair-raisingly realistic on these issues - pilots come out of the sim with a lot more sweat stains than they wen in with).
In a word, "no!"
Pilots are required to undergo simulator training and checks as well as cockpit checks with a check pilot on a regular basis, and required to recover aircraft from a variety of unusual attitudes, instrument losses, engine losses and other emergency conditions (simulators are often hair-raisingly realistic on these issues - pilots come out of the sim with a lot more sweat stains than they wen in with).
In a word, "no!"
A dead stick landing on water in a heavy commercial airliner is not exactly a walk in the park with a Cocker Spaniel.
I trust the skill of these men and women that fly us.
They have not let me down yet.