At 07:30 16 March 2004, Pete Zeugma wrote:

Actually, my train of thought is just to use good airmanship,
which is free and widely available to everyone, if
they can be bothered!

What a simple and thought provoking statement. I agree

We now seem to be advocating warnings and buzzers for
every eventuality. This is a list of the sounds a pilot
is expected to cope with if everyones idea are translated
into reality, it may not be complete..........

Under carriage
Flaps
Stall alert (2 one for each wing tip)
Tail dolly
Low battery
Canopy
Main Pin
G Meter
Spoiler alert
Aircraft Proximity alarm (only good if everyone has
one fitted)

Add a few more from the motor trade

Tyre pressure alert
Brake pad wear alert

Add to this one essential noise

Vario

And a few helpful ones

Radio
GPS alerts
Turn point alerts
Approaching airspace alerts on nav aides

There could be a competition for the pilot who could
play the best tune in a circuit. Most pilots have
enough to content with looking after the basics.

Concentration should be on good airmanship to prevent
the mistakes not devising instruments to detect faulty
airmanship, thus adding further distractions and workload
when the alarm bells start sounding.

Just imagine when a buzzer that you haven't for several
months starts sounding, and you then have to cycle
all the alarms to try to detect which one it is, crash............
..........

Dave