man, I lost a lot of confidence in those guys driving the airplane when I read this. I can’t believe that pilots aren’t better trained in basic landing skills and have to rely so heavily on automated systems.
It is an injustice to US/American trained pilots to presume that what happened on this particular Asiana flight, along with others in the UK and EU, is one in the same. Cockpit management and culture play a significant role in these circumstances.
No US pilot I know of would take such a “passive” approach to flying an aircraft, let alone at take-off or landing, which are two critical components of a flight. Flight training in the US focuses heavy on safety and a strict reliance on checklists, control protocols, and maintaining control of the aircraft.
Let’s not use the term “pilots” to categorically group them all together.
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man, I lost a lot of confidence in those guys driving the airplane when I read this. I can’t believe that pilots aren’t better trained in basic landing skills and have to rely so heavily on automated systems.
It is an injustice to US/American trained pilots to presume that what happened on this particular Asiana flight, along with others in the UK and EU, is one in the same. Cockpit management and culture play a significant role in these circumstances.
No US pilot I know of would take such a “passive” approach to flying an aircraft, let alone at take-off or landing, which are two critical components of a flight. Flight training in the US focuses heavy on safety and a strict reliance on checklists, control protocols, and maintaining control of the aircraft.
Let’s not use the term “pilots” to categorically group them all together.