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Korean Pilots Avoided Manual Flying, Former Trainers Say
As the Asiana Airlines Inc. jet neared Los Angeles International Airport, Captain Vic Hooper told his Korean co-pilot to make a visual approach, meaning he’d manually fly instead of letting automation do the work. The co-pilot froze, leaving them too high and off course,... (www.bloomberg.com) 기타...
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What kills me is that here in the good old USA, they make you PAY 100k+ for a college degree, then 75k+ for flight training, then they tell you to get 1500 hours (probably takes 3 or 4 more years) at an instructing job that pays less than minimum wage (15k a year or less), THEN take a job making 25k at a crummy regional airline and then make less than 40k for the next 5 years if you are lucky enough to not get laid off! ALL THE WHILE TRYING TO PAY BACK YOUR STUDENT LOANS. Then you have South Korea, who apparently has airline sponsored flight training, and they teach them how to hack an FMS, but now how to fly the gad damn plane? They really undercut you here these days don't they.
Yeah the powers that be are forcing aspiring pilots to make a career change. You get a better ROI going to medical school and becoming a doctor.
Well, you can always move to S. Korea for a few years and learn how to hack an FMS then come back here and be terrified when they tell you to make a visual approach.
They say, "ignorance is bliss". I never understood its significance till this recent Asiana 214 crash. Till I subscribed to FA my acquaintance with an aircraft was that it is a vehicle that moves, not on ground or roads but in the air that too the way the pilot likes!
And today I am a sad person because I am beginning to understand how and where the pilots as well their trainer and the Airline as a whole blundered. I am not concerned with details, since I will never be the part of prosecutors or (luckily, sic!) the victims.
All these articles and other revelations point and explain such glaring holes in the system that I am amazed that these exist! Despite history of air accidents, SO many advancements in avionics, aviation technology, airline management, and Human Resource science including development programmes and policies.
This article is yet another eye opener encompassing training system, trainee psyche, corporate image and its market value.
..... when will they ever learn? ...... so goes a song
And today I am a sad person because I am beginning to understand how and where the pilots as well their trainer and the Airline as a whole blundered. I am not concerned with details, since I will never be the part of prosecutors or (luckily, sic!) the victims.
All these articles and other revelations point and explain such glaring holes in the system that I am amazed that these exist! Despite history of air accidents, SO many advancements in avionics, aviation technology, airline management, and Human Resource science including development programmes and policies.
This article is yet another eye opener encompassing training system, trainee psyche, corporate image and its market value.
..... when will they ever learn? ...... so goes a song
It was an accident waiting to happen, pilots simply lost their confidence of handling aircraft without autopilot assist, mentioned in another thread, SOP at Korean Airlines was to engage/disengage auto pilot 250' AGL.
As a systems engineer, I know there is a fine line between helpful aids and too much automation. Control engineers face this dilemma frequently. Consider that most automobiles these days have a microcomputer mediating engine speed, braking force, etc. That is, a program that interprets control inputs. This may make driving easier, but also may make it possible for inadequately trained drivers to take the wheel.
The same is true for commercial airline pilots, except their employers -- and not the government -- should be held responsible for their training and the maintenance of the aircraft and system. Every industry segment, manufacturer, airline, and airport gives lip service to safety while cutting every corner to increase the bottom line.
The same is true for commercial airline pilots, except their employers -- and not the government -- should be held responsible for their training and the maintenance of the aircraft and system. Every industry segment, manufacturer, airline, and airport gives lip service to safety while cutting every corner to increase the bottom line.
