Episode 19: Flight Deck Automation after Indonesia and Ethiopia

After the Boeing 737 MAX 8 crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia, the question is whether cockpit automation is working for pilots or pilots are working for the automation. We talk with the pilot of Qantas Flight 72, An Airbus A330 that pitched down without control input and without warning a decade ago. The pilot of that aircraft says of the MAX 8 accidents, "the road is different, but the destination is the same." Our roundtable of pilots and aviation journalists looks at the growing complexity of flight deck automation, our increasing dependence on it and the lack of training available to pilots for cases in which the automation fails. Participants: Capt. Kevin Sullivan, Qantas Flight 72, October 8, 2008 Capt. Gary Rower, Airbus A330 international captain and cockpit resource management trainer Capt. Bill Palmer, Airbus A330 international captain and author Capt. Bert Botta, former international captain and flight crew trainer, now flying business aircraft Mark Phelps, executive editor, AIN Publications Matt Thurber, editor-in-chief, AIN Publications Rob Finfrock, aviation writer

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Episode 19: Flight Deck Automation after Indonesia and Ethiopia is an episode from AIN's The Human Factor: Tales from the Flight Deck by Aviation International News.

This episode is 38:06 long.

This episode was published on Mar 26, 2019.

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