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Delta To Boost Loss-Of-Control Prevention With New Instructor Training
Delta Air Lines is sending its senior instructors to a one-week upset prevention and recovery training (UPRT) program that includes ground, in-aircraft and full-motion simulator instruction aimed at helping the airline better train its line pilots to avoid or recover from loss-of-control (LOC) incidents. (aviationweek.com) Plus d'info...
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FLY THE PLANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Murphy doesn't give you any warning when he walks in and makes himself at home in your cockpit
Agree wholeheartedly, preacher. Seems like "stick and rudder" is finally returning to the flight deck. All the new-age whistles and bells still can't replace good piloting skills. Applaud Delta for taking the plunge early.
I have always said that automation is wonderful if you let it ASSIST you as a tool rather than rely on it. I can speak from experience on it's evolution. I went from a 707 full of steam gauges to a 757 with a glass panel. Transition was close to a month and that was about 86. There has been so much more. from 86 until 2009 when I retired, we had 3 major avionics upgrades and during one of them there was a major upgrade on the engines from RR, and I'm not talking Dcheck.
It's interesting that we have TCAS that will tell you which way to turn and whether to climb or descend and even tell you when you are clear of danger, and Then there is GPWS. Which requires immediate pilot input to rectify, so why can't we have a Big Bright Read Out that says" STALL - lower the nose/ increase power and then advise the pilots when the stall has been recovered and further Big Read Outs that dictate actions to maintain that flight profile until out of danger? I agree Preacher, my DC-8-63/L1011 were both steam and I didn't glass until the 90's. I also believe that teaching something is also the best way to know systems and watching others as an old school instructor was invaluable info. I like the 1500 hour rule but even that may not be enough! To me, the proof is Air Canada 767 glides into Gimli- no fatalities, Air TransAt A330 glides into the Azores - no fatalities. Asiana Airlines takes a perfectly good 777 in great weather and flies it into the ground in SFO - 2 fatalities. Great pilots have great airmanship, and great airmanship comes from experience comes from hours in the logbook. Fast track a kid to the right seat of an airliner, well, read the papers!
Well, you are definitely right about experience. Add to that Sully's deal. He had a bunch of sailplane time. See my post up top and you can find my opinion on the 1500hr rule.
BTW, I think it was 3 on Asiana.
BTW, I think it was 3 on Asiana.
We need quality flight time and training in those 1500 hours for the ATP. not quantity.. a lot of partial panel flying, a lot of aerobatics.. fly the plane by instinct,, not by a book..
