Man is Not as Good as a Black Box...

摘要

Many of you would call me a dinosaur. To borrow a phrase from a Tomcat guy I once knew, I'm a Phrog guy who flew the MH-60S. The change in cockpit technology from the H-46D to the MH-60 truly represents more than 40 years of evolution in aviation. While some of the change is a leap in capability, much follows the philosophy so eloquently expressed by Wing Commander H.P. Ruffell Smith less than a decade before the Sea Knight first flew as the Vertol 107. The same can be said for Tomcats or Intruders to Hornets and from the SH-60B to the MH-60R. Although automation was introduced in an effort to lessen negative human factors issues and thereby eliminate human error, it also presented another type of human error by changing the way information is processed by the pilot. This new type of error can get you killed.