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Half of pilots are going to be below average - why not test against their ability?
You’re thinking of median, not average, but your question stands.
Half of pilots are going to be below average - why not test against their ability?
You’re thinking of median, not average, but your question stands.
I wonder if a bigger factor would be the test pilots knowing in advance what the test was. Eg. being told, "next we are testing what happens when MACS fails", whereas in a real life situation the pilot has to diagnose what has happened, recall the correct remedial action, then act on it.
Also were this test pilots had accessed to extra diagnose data where regular pilots were not provided even with a sensor disagree message
Half of pilots are going to be below average - why not test against their ability?
You’re thinking of median, not average, but your question stands.
Changing MCAS another dozen times and updating the manuals does nothing to prevent this from happening in new future system design.
If you test for average pilots, then you've still got approx 50% of pilots who aren't capable. Whatever happened to testing for the lowest common denominator - especially in life and death situations?
Good idea - any shit pilots want to volunteer? ;)
Earlier quoted context omitted.
You’re thinking of median, not average, but your question stands.
The arithmetic mean (I.e. the average) is the 50th-percentile (I.e. the median) in a normal distribution. The question absolutely stands - unless pilot ability is not a normal-distribution.