{"id":27754,"date":"2025-01-15T04:13:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T04:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/airline\/the-plane-paradox-more-automation-should-mean-more-training\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T04:13:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T04:13:00","slug":"the-plane-paradox-more-automation-should-mean-more-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=27754","title":{"rendered":"The Plane Paradox: More Automation Should Mean More Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-937\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/6081da2eee32045691f62b38\/master\/w_2560%2Cc_limit\/OpEd-Pilot-Training-590865444.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Many pilots today feel they know less about their highly automated planes than they did about any of the arguably much simpler airplanes they flew in the past.PHOTOGRAPH: PITCHAL FREDERIC\/GETTY IMAGES<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SHORTLY AFTER A\u00a0Smartlynx Estonian Airbus 320 took off on February 28, 2018, all four of the aircraft\u2019s flight control computers stopped working. Each performed precisely as designed, taking themselves offline after (incorrectly) sensing a fault. The problem, later discovered, was an actuator that had been serviced with oil that was too viscous. A design created to prevent a problem created a problem. Only the skill of the instructor pilot on board prevented a fatal crash.<\/p>\n<p>Keep reading this article at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/preview\/story\/60819540c42707093e4968c1?status=draft&amp;t=1619210609701\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.wired.com\/preview\/story\/60819540c42707093e4968c1?status=draft&amp;t=1619210609701<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"wordads-inline-marker\" style=\"display: none;\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<div id=\"entry-author-info\">\n<div id=\"author-avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/1.gravatar.com\/avatar\/71222e839936336880e5ead5cc76aa2fcca467386a8082d8acec7a434b719bca?s=60&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G\" srcset=\"https:\/\/1.gravatar.com\/avatar\/71222e839936336880e5ead5cc76aa2fcca467386a8082d8acec7a434b719bca?s=60&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G 1x, https:\/\/1.gravatar.com\/avatar\/71222e839936336880e5ead5cc76aa2fcca467386a8082d8acec7a434b719bca?s=90&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G 1.5x, https:\/\/1.gravatar.com\/avatar\/71222e839936336880e5ead5cc76aa2fcca467386a8082d8acec7a434b719bca?s=120&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G 2x, https:\/\/1.gravatar.com\/avatar\/71222e839936336880e5ead5cc76aa2fcca467386a8082d8acec7a434b719bca?s=180&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G 3x, https:\/\/1.gravatar.com\/avatar\/71222e839936336880e5ead5cc76aa2fcca467386a8082d8acec7a434b719bca?s=240&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G 4x\" class=\"avatar avatar-60\" height=\"60\" width=\"60\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- #author-avatar --><\/p>\n<div id=\"author-description\">\n<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAbout Shem Malmquist FRAeS\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tB-777 Captain.  Air Safety and Accident Investigator.  Previous experience includes Flight Operations management, Assistant Chief Pilot. Line Check Airman, ALPA Aircraft Technical and Engineering Chairman, Aircraft Performance and Designs Committee MEC Chair, Charting and Instrument Procedures Committee, Group Leader-Commercial Aviation Safety Team-Joint Safety Implementation Team (CAST)-Loss of Control-Human Factors and Automation, CAST-JSIT- Aircraft State Awareness. Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, full Member of ISASI, AIAA, IEEE, HFES, FSF, AFA and the Resilience Engineering Association.  I am available for consulting, speaking or providing training seminars to your organization.  Please contact me at https:\/\/malmquistsafety.com\/for inquiries.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- #author-link\t-->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- #author-description -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- #entry-author-info --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-utility\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis entry was posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/airlinesafety.blog\/category\/safety\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Safety<\/a>. Bookmark the <a href=\"https:\/\/airlinesafety.blog\/2021\/04\/24\/the-plane-paradox-more-automation-should-mean-more-training\/\" title=\"Permalink to The Plane Paradox: More Automation Should Mean More\u00a0Training\" rel=\"bookmark\">permalink<\/a>.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-utility -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many pilots today feel they know less about their highly automated planes than they did about any of the arguably much simpler airplanes they flew in the past.PHOTOGRAPH: PITCHAL FREDERIC\/GETTY IMAGES SHORTLY AFTER A\u00a0Smartlynx Estonian Airbus 320 took off on February 28, 2018, all four of the aircraft\u2019s flight control computers stopped working. 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