adamjcook, 10 months ago Indeed. Flight automation (Autopilot) has yielded enormous commercial airtravel safety benefits - but obtaining such benefits was far from “free”. Aircraft pilots are continuously and meticulously trained, supervised and managed. Flight deck interfaces and processes are maintained similarly. Humans that operate control towers feed in critical flight information to these flight automation systems. An enormous ballet of interacting processes are necessary to complement safe flight automation.
Indeed. Flight automation (Autopilot) has yielded enormous commercial airtravel safety benefits - but obtaining such benefits was far from “free”.
Aircraft pilots are continuously and meticulously trained, supervised and managed.
Flight deck interfaces and processes are maintained similarly.
Humans that operate control towers feed in critical flight information to these flight automation systems.
An enormous ballet of interacting processes are necessary to complement safe flight automation.