Chapter 17: Cockpit Design and Advanced Automation

Question 1

Eye datum

What is, error if not respected

Answer 1

Design eye position (using red and white markers)
eyes too low -> undershoot
too high -> overshoot

Question 2

Seats

Characteristics (3)

Answer 2

Good lumbargo support
Suspension (g-forces, vibrations)
5 Point harness (no submarining, safety, anthro. data)

Question 3

Displays

Types (4)

Answer 3

Digital: quantitative
Analog: qualitative
Primary (important, big) and Secondary

Question 4

Cockpit lighting

Answer 4

Unavoid rough shadow / glare

Question 5

AP vs Automatic Flight Management

How should automatic systems be treated?

Answer 5

AP -> you can tell it what to do
Automatic flight management -> does everything for u

AP/auto = 3rd person to be monitored

Question 6

Boeing vs. Airbus

Answer 6

Boeing: pilot final operator
Airbus: computer final operator

Question 7

Automation Advantages (3)

Answer 7

Efficient
Reliable
Reduce workload

Question 8

Automation Disadvantages (8)

Answer 8

Boredom
Experimentation
Complacency
Passively monitor (not in detail)
Blinkered concentration (don't monitor everything)
Automation confusion = mode error
Skill deterioration
Reduced communication

Question 9

Automation Irony

Answer 9

Bain Bridges
Pilots oversee AP poorly, and poor job taking over
Reliable system, workload less, pay less attention
decrease workload in high workload and inversely

Question 10

Error System

Criteria for good system (3)

Answer 10

Detectability
Tolerability
Recoverability

Question 11

Error System Types (2)

Bricks

Answer 11

Tolerant
Vulnerable -> design induced errors
i.e. poor design -> errors