The challenge for professional pilots is to not only understand their own human cognitive limitations but to fully comprehend their aircraft’s automation.
Back in the cockpit after time off recovering from Covid-19, an airline pilot forgot to start his plane's second engine for takeoff, a mistake that could
Back in the cockpit after time off recovering from Covid-19, an airline pilot forgot to start his plane’s second engine for takeoff, a mistake that could have ended in disaster if he hadn’t aborted the flight. Another pilot, fresh from a seven-month layoff because of the pandemic and descending to land early in the morning,
airlines to help recover their operation either so those are some unique factors there in place for southwest. there was absolutely no evidence that this actually had to do with any concern over the vaccine mandate. there s a few individuals expressing concern over that, that s not what happened here. okay. let me ask you about the pilots who are returning to work now, many of whom were laid off during the pandemic, some for a long time. there have been dozens of mistakes by out-of-practice pilots since this last year. is it safe to get pilots back into the cockpit months after being laid off? i mean, do you know what kind of training they ve got to go through to get back up to speed? you know, there are some who are a little concerned about it, thinking it s a little dangerous. well, first of all, alex, this safety reporting system was put into place because the airline pilots union pushed it, and it is in place for pilots, mechanics, and flight attendants and we re able to identi