Thu May 30 2002, 01:28 AM
BFThought for the week Air Safety Week
Thought for the week
One of the traditional observations in the industry deals with the pilot perplexed by the airplane's computer, as in the phrase, "Why is it doing this?" Wrong question, said a pilot at the recent annual meeting in Norway of the International Federation of Air Line Pilots Associations (IFALPA). Instead, he suggested, ask, "What is the last thing I asked it to do?"