Why The Hell... (random rant)
In rec.aviation.student K Baum wrote:
these, and it is not in the training curriculum or even the FCM. Sorry
I cant be more helpful, but my guess is that with the redundancy built
into a modern airliner, it just isnt necesary. Another thing to
consider is that with a glass cockpit, all of the flight info is on
one instrument anyways so partial panel isnt really valid.
Yikes! What if that one instrument goes tango uniform? It's a good thing
there's always a compass to fall back on, then! :-)
What if the failure isn't in the instrument, but in a sensor? Would that
warrant practice analogous to partial panel, or are there enough redundant
sensors that it wouldn't be worth it?
(For those who aren't paying close attention, we've switched mid-paragraph
from redundant airline cockpits to small GA planes with glass panels.)
.... Alan
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Alan Gerber
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gerber AT panix DOT com
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