Gains in technology bring enhanced safety margins
Lest we forget, work on aircraft controls and displays started our quest for usability ...
"It has taken the past half-century, or half the history of human flight, Gillette said, but civil aviation has at last reached a point where humans and airplane instruments truly work in harmony.
Aircraft design, cockpit design and safety systems have matured. Passengers may complain about cramped seating and plastic food, but up front in the cockpit, there has been a revolution.
Much of the new technology is less than a decade old, and the next generation of airliners, the A380 and the 787, will take the revolution even further.
"The A380 cockpit is paving the way for new-generation cockpits," said Debra Batson, spokeswoman for Airbus. "The display system interactivity improves the friendliness of the human-machine interface, giving pilots a better awareness of the aircraft systems status." continued ... (Via International Herald Tribune)
"It has taken the past half-century, or half the history of human flight, Gillette said, but civil aviation has at last reached a point where humans and airplane instruments truly work in harmony.
Aircraft design, cockpit design and safety systems have matured. Passengers may complain about cramped seating and plastic food, but up front in the cockpit, there has been a revolution.
Much of the new technology is less than a decade old, and the next generation of airliners, the A380 and the 787, will take the revolution even further.
"The A380 cockpit is paving the way for new-generation cockpits," said Debra Batson, spokeswoman for Airbus. "The display system interactivity improves the friendliness of the human-machine interface, giving pilots a better awareness of the aircraft systems status." continued ... (Via International Herald Tribune)
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