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Old October 22nd 14, 01:57 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Jim White[_3_]
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Default Where is the LX S80?

At 23:23 21 October 2014, Dan Marotta wrote:
Off topic but, if the screens in the Airbus display only necessary data,
then why wasn't the simple message: "LOWER THE FREAKING NOSE" displayed
to that crew over the Atlantic?

Dan Marotta

Airbus know better, and consider that their airplane's computers are better
at flying than the pilots. The pilots are there simply to satisfy the
regulators and the public. From this position why would you need to tell
the pilot anything at all?