Turning off the pilot's auto-pilot......

[ddavid 149]

Here's a very interesting perspective on the degree of automation in the modern jet's cockpit. The author is retired airline captain and a former director of flight safety at Pan Am:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/opinion/17reiner.html?_r=2&th&emc=th

And thanks to Doug Ross over at Vorona for the heads up.....

Cheers - Dai.

[allardjd 1,853]

Good article. It does not absolve those two NWA hockey-pucks who overflew Minneapolis in any way but the evolution of automation that he describes is certainly accurate.

Thanks for the link, Dai... it was a good read.

John

[rob16584 42]

Good article!