In our previous episode, we shared seventeen of the most common pilot avionics errors identified in FAA and NASA studies. If 80 percent of consequences come from 20 percent of the causes, knowing even this little goes a long way.
Now, using the classic learn-from-our-mistakes reasoning, the FAA then swaps its perspective from reactive (noticing and fixing errors) to proactive (preventing errors). The advanced cockpit, rich with information resources, enables pilots to catch and correct many mistakes before consequences occur. In the spirit of using all resources at hand, let’s devote our fourth and final article in this series to exploring the opportunities we have to nip these errors in the bud.
