Pitfalls of Advanced Avionics Monday, 17 March 2014

PRESENTED BY:

Wayne Williams

International Operators Conference | Tampa, FL | March 17 – 20, 2014

Pitfalls of Advanced Avionics

History of Avionics Advances

Consequences of Pitfalls

Avoiding the Traps

Summary

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History

2Lt Williams First Day of UPT

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History

What The Rookie Pilot Learned That Day

Near-Useless Equation

Priorities – aviate, navigate, communicate

Emergency – control, analyze, action

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History

No Automation

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History

Limited Automation

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History

Advanced Automation

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History

Avionics Advancements

Altitude Selector

Autopilot

Autothrottle

Radar

GPWS/EGPWS

TCAS

FMS (IRS,GPS, VOR/DME)

FANS1/A (CPDLC and ADS-C)

EVS/HUD

SVS

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History

Advantages

Enhanced Safety – situational awareness and systems

Improved Performance – efficiencies and task accomplishments

Workload Relief- fatigue mitigation

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History

Disadvantages

Overdependence

Complacency

Adversely Impacts Airmanship

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CONSEQUENCES

Incidents

Accidents

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CONSEQUENCES

Incidents

Failure to Accomplish Task

Accomplishing Task Incorrectly

Unexpected Actions

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CONSEQUENCES

ACCIDENTS

Loss of Control

Runway Excursion

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Consequences

SFO Accident

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Consequences

UPS

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Consequences

G-IV TEB

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Consequences

Challenger

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AVOIDING

Establish Standards

Training

Strive for Perfection

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AVOIDING

Establish Standards

SOPs

Ops Specs

Checklist Discipline

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N B A R

AVOIDING

CHECKLISTS

Quick Reference Handbook Grulfstream (+550

FMS Initialization Prior To Start AFM 02-03-10

1, IRSs .VERIFY SELECTED ON

2. FMS NAV INDEX Menu .SELECT NAV !DENT PAGE

3. On NAV !DENT Page, verify the following data:

A. DATE and TIME (UTC). CORRECT

B. ACTIVE NDB (Nay Database)................... CURRENT CYCLE

4. POS INIT (Position Initialization) Using LSK 6R ............... SELECT

5. On POS INIT Page, verify accuracy of the following position data:

A. LAST POS (Last Known Position). . REVIEW

B. Current ARP (Airport Reference Point) . ........ ............. REVIEW

C. GPS POS (Current GPS Position).............................. REVIEW

6. GPS POS SELECT AS FMS POSITION USING LKS 3R

NOTE: A feature of the FMS is that initializing the position on any MCDU

FMS results in initializing the position for all FMSs.

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AVOIDING CHECKLISTS

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AVOIDING SOP/OPS SPECS/CHECKLIST DISCIPLINE

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AVOIDING

TRAINING

Initial

Recurrent

Supplemental

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AVOIDING

Supplemental: Live Or Die By Your ADI

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AVOIDING SUPPLEMENTAL - UPSET TRAINING

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AVOIDING

SUPPLEMENTAL

Flight Operational Quality Assurance – FOQA

Improve Safety Using Flight Data

Operators ID and Correct Deficiencies

FAA Advisory Circular 120-82

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AVOIDING

SUPPLEMENTAL

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AVOIDING

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SUPPLEMENTAL

AVOIDING SUPPLEMENTAL

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AVOIDING

STRIVE FOR PERFECTION

Zero Pilot Induced Hiccups

Precise Control

Never Forget Humanness

Planes Are People Too

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SUMMARY

Socrates – “Know Thyself”

Dirty Harry – “Know Your Limitations”

Williams – “Know Thyself and Limitations of Automation”

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