NTSB Urges Reassessment Of Pilot Performance Assumptions

Credit: Boeing
WASHINGTON—Fundamental aircraft-design assumptions about how pilots respond during system failures and react to flight-deck hazard indicators are inadequate and must be re-evaluated, the U.S. NTSB has concluded. The safety board on Sept. 26 issued seven recommendations to the FAA, urging the agency...

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