You've hit the crux of the issue. The aircraft are getting complicated to the point where training in them -- especially outside of "normal" flight regimes -- is difficult. All the references to Normal/Alternate/Direct law are indicative of this.
Ever hit the wrong key in emacs and wondered why it was suddenly responding differently? Imagine that happening at 38k feet, at night in a thunderstorm.
My doctoral work was exactly in this field. Mode awareness, transitions awareness and autoflight understanding, especially in rare flight configurations, is a deep problem that needs to be tamed.
Ever hit the wrong key in emacs and wondered why it was suddenly responding differently? Imagine that happening at 38k feet, at night in a thunderstorm.
My doctoral work was exactly in this field. Mode awareness, transitions awareness and autoflight understanding, especially in rare flight configurations, is a deep problem that needs to be tamed.
More info in my dissertation (never though I'd write that on HN!): http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/9172