Pilot Error
- Episode aired Jan 17, 2011
- 50m
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Pilot Error: Have airlines made flying more risky by trying to eliminate human error.Pilot Error: Have airlines made flying more risky by trying to eliminate human error.Pilot Error: Have airlines made flying more risky by trying to eliminate human error.
Chris Clarke
- Self - Airline Pilot
- (as Captain Chris Clarke)
- …
Chris Woods
- Self - Former Trident Pilot and Trainer
- (as Captain Chris Woods)
- …
Martin Alder
- Self - Airbus Pilot
- (as Captain Martin Alder)
- …
Marion Blakey
- Self - National Transportation Safety Board
- (archive footage)
Michael Buerk
- Self - BBC Newsreader
- (archive footage)
Kevin Hunt
- Self - British Midland Airways Flight 092 Pilot
- (archive footage)
Gareth Jones
- Self - British Midland Airways Flight 092 Survivor
- (archive footage)
- …
Jose Lora
- Self - Flight 587 Crash Victim
- (credit only)
John McCrea
- Self - British Midland Airways Flight 092 Survivor
- (archive footage)
- (as Dr John McCrea)
- …
Sten Molin
- Self - Flight 587 Pilot
- (credit only)
Storyline
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This is the first episode of the first year and although it's still informative it's not up to the standards that would be set later. The writers shoehorn in several stories involving pilot failure (a dreaded term among aviators) and the director has been infected with the usual action-movie fad of keeping the camera in motion and instantaneous cutting, as if the target audience were a bunch of kids weaned on MTV and music videos.
But, as I say, still informative. The 1980s, when the computer age began, saw a rapid development in commercial aviation with multiple models of various "series" by different manufacturers. It was all understandably confusing. Pilots trained on earlier models brought their conceptions to the flying of slightly modified, more modern morphs of an airplane. If a particular instrument was widely regarded as unreliable in version 1.0, then it was still thought of as ineffective in version 1.0.2, even though the flaws had been corrected. Because of the rapidly changing technology, the pilots found it difficult to keep up with the patches. The computer practically flew the airplane after takeoffs and before landings, but they sometimes failed.
As one narrator puts it, "When you introduce a change to solve a problem, you create a new problem." In effect, every modification becomes it own beta version.
But, as I say, still informative. The 1980s, when the computer age began, saw a rapid development in commercial aviation with multiple models of various "series" by different manufacturers. It was all understandably confusing. Pilots trained on earlier models brought their conceptions to the flying of slightly modified, more modern morphs of an airplane. If a particular instrument was widely regarded as unreliable in version 1.0, then it was still thought of as ineffective in version 1.0.2, even though the flaws had been corrected. Because of the rapidly changing technology, the pilots found it difficult to keep up with the patches. The computer practically flew the airplane after takeoffs and before landings, but they sometimes failed.
As one narrator puts it, "When you introduce a change to solve a problem, you create a new problem." In effect, every modification becomes it own beta version.
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- Aug 1, 2016
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