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11/13/2015 10:33 PM
 

When HAL 9000 is on board, we'll all be relegated to flying in the coach section.

Movie trivia: How did they come up with the name "HAL"? Each letter is one off from IBM.


Jeff Nokomis Clark, Mooney M20G, iFly app on ASUS ZenPad Z8s, ASUS ZenFone AR, ASUS Windows 10 tablet, Stratux ADS-B w AHRS
 
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11/14/2015 1:24 PM
 

I'm getting off topic and I won't do this very often but: As to the ultimate goal of the FAA, "There's the old aviation joke about airplanes of the future having a dog in every cockpit, the pilot's job being to feed the dog and the dog's job to bite the pilot if he tries to touch anything."

Or, more specifically, quoting an editorial from Flying Magazine, "Autonomous flight ...will remove us from the job of pilot and turn us into systems managers instead, presumably without much ability to take control of things should something go wrong, a scary thought."

When my airplane partner worked for the airlines, designing FMC's for 767's, there was a phrase in the Industry, "Management by Exception." (Which is how a Constitutional government is supposed to work too. But now I'm really off-topic.) That is, all instructions would come up from the Ground (from Big Brother) and the pilot could intervene only if something was obviously amiss.

I used to wonder, like going cashless and taking the mark of the beast, why would anyone go there? For example, we purposely didn't put altitude capability in our autopilot in the Glasair because I don't like being that far out of the loop in flight. (Especially on an ILS.) But, like opting not to carry as much cash around sometimes (as opposed to cash being illegal), I can see how we voluntarily go there initially. Even I am advocating for some level of automation in the cockpit to make flying more ergonomic, so that flying is easier and safer.

The art, I submit, is knowing what is good and bad automation. For me, having iFly simply call out various alerts like a copilot would, is good automation.

 
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11/14/2015 2:05 PM
 

At almost 68 years old, I don't need or want all that. I fly because I like to fly, not manage a computer controlled device. I can do that at home. I fly an airplane with glass cockpit and IFy GPS on an IPad Mini 4, but I still "fly" the airplane. To each his/her own. PS: I don't use cash. My monthly cash budget is $20 and I usually don't spend but about half of that. Credit cards are great money management tools.

 
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12/13/2015 5:59 PM
 

I like some audio alerts personally, they let me keep my eyes outside. I fly with another app that calls "Check gear down" when I'm on final; I think it's helpful and fairly unintrusive.

 
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12/14/2015 12:28 PM
 

Correct, the key here is that is an alert that does not require you to look at the screen. If it was an Aural Guidance System, it would be different.

Example: "Class B Airspace, Tower Frequency xxx.xxx, 10nm, Surface to 2900" or "Traffic at 10 o'Clock, 4nm, heading 040, approaching at 100kts, currently 1000' above you and descending 400fpm" or "Switch Fuel Tanks Now".

These are aural alerts that inform you and promote you to look outside the cockpit without looking down at a device for more information. More of a "Navigator Mode" function. That might just be a candidate for the feature name. This type of alerting is actually on our wishlist.


Shane Woodson
Vice President | Adventure Pilot LLC.
 
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