tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post594379519646280815..comments2024-03-14T14:23:04.333-07:00Comments on Flight To Success: The Automation ProblemKarlene Petitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17910702587514001827noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-74386674843791465712015-12-04T16:50:30.041-08:002015-12-04T16:50:30.041-08:00Tom, Thank you!!! This is the essence of what has ...Tom, Thank you!!! This is the essence of what has happened... automation and resulting train-to-proficiency with reduced programs because of the automation... is backwards. We should have more training because of the automation. And the brain engagement is exactly the issue.<br /><br />The best way for anyone to understand is being the passenger or driving. If you're a passenger, you don't remember how you got there. If you're driving and paying attention, you do. (unless you depend on the GPS providing directions)...<br /><br />How do we get people to engage their brains? Not sure. Thank you so much for the great comment! Karlene Petitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17910702587514001827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-78799708102389831962015-12-02T16:58:34.386-08:002015-12-02T16:58:34.386-08:00FLIGHT DECK. LATE NIGHT.
CAPT ABBOTT
Do you thin...FLIGHT DECK. LATE NIGHT.<br /><br />CAPT ABBOTT<br />Do you think we're overthinking the "automation"<br />problem?<br /><br />F/O COSTELLO<br />Ahh... can I get back to you on that?<br /><br />Say... how come the simulator is used to<br />practise flying without automation?<br /><br />CAPT ABBOTT<br />Well... how else could they do it?<br /><br />F/O COSTELLO<br />Gliders! You could go up with a licensed Gliding<br />Instructor - get the feel for NATURAL flying,<br />without actually going for your GLIDER license.<br /><br />CAPT ABBOTT<br />That's scary...<br /><br />F/O COSTELLO<br />What?<br /><br />CAPT ABBOTT<br />You're starting to make sense to me.<br /><br />FADEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-71980404696351494462015-12-02T08:26:06.749-08:002015-12-02T08:26:06.749-08:00Hi Karlene,
I completely agree. Automation is no...Hi Karlene,<br /><br />I completely agree. Automation is not making us better pilots.<br /><br />My analogy is this. I am less spatially aware of where I am, how I’m getting there, and where precisely I’m going when I use my smart phone or my car’s nav tech for guidance. Compared to using a map were I actually have to engage my brain to keep track of where I am, the turns to make, and where my destination is, with the advanced tech I just follow the steering and eventually I get there—no brain engagement necessary. Automation does the same with piloting—brain engagement is less necessary.<br /><br />While I’m not suggesting the tech in general doesn’t allow me to do things I otherwise couldn’t, this tech does not help prepare me for those 1% times when the stuff doesn’t work. Also, when it doesn’t work I could totally be led down the primrose path fat dumb and happy—which probably is what’s going on in cockpits when the stuff doesn’t work right.<br /><br />My personal view-point is pilot training and preparation should not be easier because of cockpit automation. It should be harder, emphasizing unpredictability. My view is the training goal for pilots using automated systems is for them to be able to quickly synthesize seemingly in-coherent information from multiple sources so they can quickly address unexpected and potentially archaic situations. That is a pretty high training level which I’m not so sure people are willing to embrace.<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />Tom<br />Suluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12888480134844009407noreply@blogger.com