tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1612271340586010296.post8389109497445998966..comments2023-09-12T09:02:42.718-04:00Comments on Up In the Air: The Autopilot Myth: What Your Pilots Really Do During Your FlightJeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09728932163242848059noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1612271340586010296.post-28940440795352317262013-05-19T02:54:36.962-04:002013-05-19T02:54:36.962-04:00For a lay man like me it gives immense information...For a lay man like me it gives immense information. Thanks to JEFF. Thanks a lot. Very informativevemurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171733867836495042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1612271340586010296.post-26663543398333454992012-01-29T10:55:33.488-05:002012-01-29T10:55:33.488-05:00Another excellent post Jeff. The autopilot is real...Another excellent post Jeff. The autopilot is really there to reduce workload not replace the pilots. While they are very advanced (autopilot not pilots) - I fly one of the most technologically advanced planes in the world, the A330 - the system cannot replace the pilot. <br /><br />Equipment malfunctions happens. Pilot input error input happens- not necessarily because of lack of knowledge, but communication breakdown between ATC, pilots, understanding, or any combination there of. It's called life. Someone needs to be watching, knowing and understanding.<br /><br />My autoflight system can depart, fly a prescribed route, at a given speed, and land. But it sure can't think what to do when we have an engine failure and need to make alternate plans. It doesn't know that someone else is having an emergency and we can't have the runway we were planning. It doesn't know that the wind shifted and is blowing beyond it's capability. It will try, and it will fail. <br /><br />In the event of failure, a pilot needs to know, understand, see and respond with less than a second to respond. Oh yeah... we need pilots. And they need to be trained.Karlene Petitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17910702587514001827noreply@blogger.com