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Old 10-30-2011, 09:35 AM   #34
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Baker wrote:*This is true! *ANd the flight plan is uplinked via ACARS and we do not even have to load the flight plan into the FMC...we just hit the "Accept" button and then execute and everything is loaded. *Same goes for weight and balance...loads straight into the "box" and then a hard copy prints out onto the printer. *And in oceanic airspace we have ADS and CPDLC....which basically makes out position reports for us...no need to call on that scratchy ass HF radio....now I'm just braggin'....
*Soooo.. the next step is single seat cockpits??!!!!!

Yup, it's coming just a matter of time.

Next generation of jets will probably have auto takeoff and company policy will probably be no hand flown landings unless daylight VFR with winds less than 10kts. Prior Approval Required.

Our company policy already dictates no manual thrust unless daylight VFR.

Technology is a wonderful thing most of the time, but not always. The AB 380 with the un-contained engine failure took the crew 2.5 hrs to get thru all the ECAM procedures. That's crazy!

But there is no going back and technology will eventually replace the pilot profession, but that's progress and in the end will probably make airline accidents un-heard of.

Personally I liked the B737-200 where you were taught the systems and understood what each switch and lever did. Your understaning of the systems and aircraft capability allowed you to deal with an emergency pretty straight forward.

Todays jets with their computers running everything positioning a switch without following a defined checklist can have un-intended consequences. Therefore most pilots knowledge of aircraft systems is somewhat limited (as compared to previous generation aircraft) and following written or electronically displayed procedures is a must. But sometimes at a loss of situational awareness.


-- Edited by timjet on Sunday 30th of October 2011 10:43:49 AM


-- Edited by timjet on Sunday 30th of October 2011 10:52:40 AM
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