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BeechSundowner writes:
Again, don't forget that human part. I have no clue where the altitude hold is. You may know from the hours and hours of sim experiences, but in the real world, you expect me to find a button that will automatically level the plane. There are billions of buttons to look at. No, there are only a dozen or so, and they are clearly marked, and all you need is someone to tell you where to look. In this case, it's pretty easy: Look along the top of the glare shield until you find the word ALT, then look down until you find the word HOLD, and press that button. I suppose it might seem complex to the pilot of a tiny plane, but it's not really that difficult. I drive a single engine land airplane. You think I have any clue what you are talking about? No, I don't. And it's really hard to comment on things that one doesn't have a clue about, isn't it? You are in a jetliner plane about to buy the farm. No. Incapacitation of the pilots does not cause the plane to crash. This isn't a Piper Cub. You may wish to review the accident report for Helios Airways Flight 522, which illustrates what happens when the pilots are both incapacitated in a modern airliner. No common Joe, or even a pilot like myself will be there to "save the day" All the simulation in the world won't take away the vast array of gauges and dials, and buttons for me to find the altitude hold button in a reasonable time. Anyone of reasonable intelligence can find it within seconds when told where to look (and eventually even if not told). Imagine yourself over the radio talking to someone and saying find the altitude hold button and guiding them to the right place? Very easy. Oh yeah we talk in a walkie talkie world, which slows down communications. How? Only one person talks at one time. In a normal conversation, only one person talks at one time. It doesn't for me when I am in an emergency situation trying to save my skin in a plane I never sat in the front seat.. Too many buttons, remember for me to find that right button you want me to push, pull or twist? I fly a Sundowner, which has a vast array of buttons to a non pilot. Could / would they know where my autopilot is by description. I seriously doubt it! I don't. But perhaps we move in different circles. Uhh, I am in a plane totally unfamiliar. You will instruct me to use the MCP. I have no clue what that is. I have fear for my life, you think you would be able to walk me through which panel is the MCP? I doubt it. Well, if you happen to be the one who replaces the pilots, I suppose the flight is doomed, based on what you are saying. But a lot of other people could handle it. Do not assume that everyone shares your handicaps. You wouldn't say push a button on the MCP. You would say it in plain English and describe it in plain English. Find ALT along the top edge of the instrument panel, near the middle. Just below that is a button marked HOLD. Press that. Elapsed time: 2 seconds. ATC seperates traffic. Remember, I am descending through 10000 feet, time is not on my side. Once you press ALT HOLD, you are not descending any more. I don't think they will know what control knob for me to push, pull or push, and even if they did, they just can't point to it, they would need to be able to describe it precisely within the 1000's of other knobs that sit in front of me. Do you panic easily? I could explain to a ten-year-old where to find the button, and he'd find it and press it without any difficulty. (In fact, I've seen ten-year-olds following instructions quite well in full-motion sims.) But remember the vast array of buttons and knobs. The array is not vast, and everything is clearly marked, precisely to make it all easy to figure out. I never been in a 747. So I've surmised. Let me give you a real deal example of how something electronic can draw a brain fart, and I posted my experiences. I was in a plane with a Garmin 330 transponder. Transponder was not sending the right altitude. I did not know how to stop Mode C. Something very simple became a major traffic hazard around me. Not knowing how to operate the equipment in your aircraft sounds like a FAR violation to me. On my transponder, I have a on setting where it will transmit Mode A, not C. Easy enough for me to do. Now, I tell you stop my mode C by twisting the knob from alt to on. Would you be able to figure that out in the vast array of gauges, buttons and knobs? Sure. You have never been in my plane and all your vast knowlege of a 747 is now tossed out the window. All I need is someone who knows the inside of your plane. I would suspect, eventually you will find it from your simulation knowlege, but the average non pilot will have no clue what or where the transponder is much less turn a knob from alt to on. That's why someone else has to tell him this. You are missing my point. You're not answering the question, which I assume means that you haven't used any payware aircraft. So you've never been in a real 747, you've never used a decent simulator of a 747, and you apparently have not read anything on the 747. And yet you're arguing about whether or not someone can land it. Why is it okay for you to comment on such things with so little knowledge thereof, if it isn't okay for me to comment on them with a much better knowledge base? All the simulation in the world doesn't help me when the rubber meets the road. Simulation helps a great deal. Simulation saves lives, in fact, by allowing pilots to practice things that would be too rare or expensive or dangerous to practice in real life. Simulation is great for learning procedures. It will not save my skin in a 747. It would probably save mine. As stated earlier, the plane in the approach phase probably has not been configured for autoland. I doubt anybody would be able to tell John Q public which panel to look at to set it up for autoland in the short time before the farm is bought. It's not hard to configure for autoland. You have it backwards..... It's the sensation of movement that will make you a lawn dart and learning to ignore that sensation of movement is the key. When you are in a sim that doesn't move, you learn very quickly to depend on instruments alone. Again, talk to a pilot that is instrument rated. Until you do so, you have no clue what flying is all about just on what you say above.. I'm talking to a pilot who largely admits having no clue about 747s, but that doesn't stop him from talking about them. |
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