AVIATION & COMPUTERS

MY OPINION

Aviation Technology have seen major improvements and

T
odays Aviation industry has updates in training, airframes, power

seen a tremendous leap plants and more so avionics. Todays

forward since the Wright aircraft cockpits are moving from old

brothers first took flight in the Wright traditional steam gauges to more

flyer with only a control yoke and a reliant computer systems

chain system to power the engine. manufactured by a variety of

Since then pilots and their aircraft computer companies. More

have become more assimilated to specifically the cockpit, which today

one another. Both pilot and airplane has seen a great deal of upgrades in
avionics systems, has never been research related to aircraft incidents

safer and more reliable than before. in Indonesia supports my thesis of

Moreover, a famous quote by Emilia pilots being over-confident and

Earhart-the first female pilot to solo relying on avionics too much for

across the Atlantic, attempts to guidance as they consider them (fail

falsify the common nature of a pilot proof) and safe as deemed by their

relying on his instruments for manufacturers.

complete guidance states that it is

the sole responsibility of pilot to Their crash of AirAsia flight 8501 in

fly the aircraft with his head not his late 2015 was caused by a series of

instruments. This quote emphasizes aircraft technical failures and the

the point that despite all the rapid way the pilots responded to them

and major improvements made to according to the National

aircraft, a pilot should be not Transportation Safety Committee

considered safe if he or she cannot NTSC. In the report, investigators

maneuver their aircraft without concluded that the failure of the

relying solely on instruments for Airbus A320s Rudder Travel Limiter

guidance. An air crash investigation Units.

report published on the Avionics (RTLUs) and the pilots response to

website and sourced from the NTSC; the malfunction ultimately lead to

the government organization linked the crash.

to the FAA that is responsible for

carrying out investigation and

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A cracked solder joint and the Avionics have somewhat improved

inability of the airmen to realize the safety in our skies. But on the other

error and act in the alternate law hand,

from that displayed on the I still insist that pilots reconsider how

damaged Rudder Travel they navigate and use their

Limiter was declared to have been instruments while flying and

the main cause of this crash. Pilot acknowledge the fact that nothing

action resulted in the 5th and 6th in their cockpit is fail proof. This will

master caution activation and led to improve the way they act in

auto-thrust disengagement and a emergencies such as that of flight

prolonged stall. QZ8501 and maybe one day save

Then again aviation experts, of someones life or even theirs.

course, may want to question the BY Rennise Nyaoro

relation between the complex Work cited; Avionics, AirAsia Flight

sophisticated systems installed an 8501 Crash Caused by Pilot Error,

A320 and those in a much smaller Rudder Units. By Woodrow Bellamy,

propeller aircraft. However my December 3rd 2015. -

emphasis here is not to categorize

avionics but rather identify the http://www.aviationtoday.com/2015

unsafe behavior shown by todays /12/03/airasia-flight-8501-crash-

pilots in regards to their instruments. caused-by-pilot-error-rudder-units/.

On one hand, I agree that todays

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