NTSB Urges Changes In Pilot-Performance Assumptions

Credit: Jason Redmond/AFP/Getty Images
Long-accepted assumptions about how pilots would react in failure scenarios and process flight deck hazard indications are inadequate and should be updated to help make aircraft designs safer, the NTSB says. The safety board’s conclusions, detailed to support seven recommendations made to the FAA in...
Sean Broderick

Senior Air Transport & Safety Editor Sean Broderick covers aviation safety, MRO, and the airline business from Aviation Week Network's Washington, D.C. office.

Subscription Required

 

This content requires a subscription to one of the Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) bundles.

Schedule a demo today to find out how you can access this content and similar content related to your area of the global aviation industry.

Already an AWIN subscriber? Login

 

Did you know?  Aviation Week has won top honors multiple times in the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards, the business-to-business media equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes.