The Safety Benefits of Technology
In the modern world one thing we can be sure of is that Technology is always developing and finding new ways to help improve safety. In this edition of Sunny Swift a new aircraft arrives at the club and it is full of new and exciting technology that the club members are interested to take a look at. The glass cockpit provides more information to the pilot to help decision making in flight, the auto-pilot with “auto-level” helps to reduce workload and protect the pilot when things go wrong, as does the emergency parachute. All this technology leads to 3 important things for pilots to think about:
1. Technology offers lots of solutions to well-known safety problems – think about which tools and equipment would be useful for the type of flying you do.
2. New equipment brings new training requirements, both formal and information, to make sure that it is used effectively and contributes to safety improvement.
3. Despite the benefits of technology it is also important to remember that synthetic vision systems, autopilots, ballistic parachutes and other equipment should not be reason to push beyond the scope of the competence and approval of the pilot and the type of operation being carried out.
https://www.easa.europa.eu/newsroom-and-events/news/sunny-swift-new-technologies
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