I’ve read a lot about this tragic accident and watched the documentaries so I wasn’t expecting to read anything new, but this was such a well written, informative read I’m thoroughly impressed. The psychology behind going from relaxation to action in a life or death situation is fascinating.
Great read, plenty of insights for all areas. As someone whose job involves a great deal of multi-tasking, some real food for thought.
>the controls on the right and left seats in the cockpit were not co-joined in this particular aircraft unlike in others
This is wrong or at least extremely misleading. As far as I know *all* Airbus planes follow the same general cockpit design philosophy: the controls are independent (“not co-joined”) and inputs are added. This contributed to the crash: while one pilot tried to do the right thing, the other kept doing the wrong one and their inputs canceled each other.
In case of Airbus’ main competitor Boeing and almost all other aircraft manufacturers the controls are physically joined and there’s no conflicting input issue.
So “in this particular aircraft *brand* unlike in others” would be a correct phrasing.
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I’ve read a lot about this tragic accident and watched the documentaries so I wasn’t expecting to read anything new, but this was such a well written, informative read I’m thoroughly impressed. The psychology behind going from relaxation to action in a life or death situation is fascinating.
Great read, plenty of insights for all areas. As someone whose job involves a great deal of multi-tasking, some real food for thought.
>the controls on the right and left seats in the cockpit were not co-joined in this particular aircraft unlike in others
This is wrong or at least extremely misleading. As far as I know *all* Airbus planes follow the same general cockpit design philosophy: the controls are independent (“not co-joined”) and inputs are added. This contributed to the crash: while one pilot tried to do the right thing, the other kept doing the wrong one and their inputs canceled each other.
In case of Airbus’ main competitor Boeing and almost all other aircraft manufacturers the controls are physically joined and there’s no conflicting input issue.
So “in this particular aircraft *brand* unlike in others” would be a correct phrasing.