Timeline for To what extent (if any) is it possible or desirable for the pilot of a large airliner to "fly by the seat of the pants"?
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| Jul 10, 2016 at 20:10 | comment | added | Zach Lipton | Well the pilots in Asiana 214 were Korean, not Chinese as he originally stated, but in any case. I agree that culture makes a difference, and there's been a lot of human factors research on precisely that issue, but I really don't see how it answers the question to say that two [American] pilots did incredibly well in two cherry-picked extremely difficult situations and a crew of [some other country] pilots screwed the pooch in one cherry-picked routine situation. I'm also not quite sure what the question is to be honest: is it flying by the seat of your pants if you still look at instruments? | |
| Jul 10, 2016 at 19:55 | comment | added | Terry | @ZachLipton It is not the race of the pilots that is relevant, but the culture from which the pilots come. In Japanese and Korean cockpits there was a culture in the past that captains would not be challenged. Back in the days of three-man cockpits both KAL and JAL, as I remember, employed American crew members to counter this, knowing that, for example, an American f.e. would have no problem challenging a captain if need be. | |
| Jul 10, 2016 at 14:25 | comment | added | vasin1987 | Quite sure he refers to Asiana 214. If the crew consult instrument and follow procedure properly accident maybe avoided. Thus seat of pants is not a reliable means. Agree that this answer could be expanded. As of now it is too short. | |
| Jul 10, 2016 at 12:33 | history | edited | Ralph J♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 9, 2016 at 23:59 | comment | added | Zach Lipton | I'm not sure which accident at SFO you're referring to, but more to the point, what does the race of the pilots have to do with anything? | |
| Jul 9, 2016 at 23:14 | history | answered | Skip Miller | CC BY-SA 3.0 |