4 – AUTOMATION

Overview

  • Does automation reduce workload? Or spread it more evenly?
  • Who is the Otto in autopilot?
  • Why is a two-pilot airplane a three-pilot airplane?
  • How do you know what Fifi or Otto are thinking?

Flight Mode Annunciator(s) (FMA)

  • Tells you what Fifi or Otto are thinking, but silently
  • It is the human pilot’s responsibility to verbalize the FMA so all pilots are on the same page

Fight Director(s) (FD)

  • Always in same mode as the autopilot
  • Shows you what attitude the autopilot would fly if it were engaged

Autopilot(s)

  • Levels of Operations
    • Control Wheel Steering (CWS)
    • Heading/VerticalSpeed (HDG/VS) or Track/Flight Path Angle (TRK/FPA)

AutoThrust

  • tbd

Flight Management and Guidance Computer(s)

  • tbd
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