Originally posted by Evan
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The FADEC has been FA and D since the 70's if I am not mistaken, So we are 40 years ahead of that with the technology. The reliability, speed, capability and memory capacity of the electronics has multiplied many-times-fold since then.
I have no doubt that the technology and engineering capacity exist TODAY (or 10 years ago) to make it happen.
I suspect that it did not happen mostly because or regulatory burden and liability issues (if the pilot f-up in a reasonable good design, we will not be liable, if the computer kills everybody on board because of a design or reliability issue we will be liable, even if that happens 1/100th of the times that everybody dies because a pilot f-ups in situations where this technology would have saved the day).
But there is a point where the steep needs to be taken, An I think that we are reaching this point.
Again, I'm not suggesting that we need to add complexity that allows pilots to start reconfiguring systems in flight beyond what is necessary. I'm just pointing out that, when the systems are designed to reconfigure, the pilots need to know (or have quick reference to) all the ramifications of those reconfigurations.
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