Issue:
Modern technology has really advanced over the last few decades. It is amazing how much is possible with all that computerization. However, at some point, there's a limit; especially when it comes to operating airplanes. While the airline industry tries to replace handflying and the autopilot by computers, they seem to forget that being able to fly airplanes takes a BIG responsibility. Whether you fly people or cargo around the globe, you are responsible for anything that happens up in the sky. Since when can computers take responsibility for anything? Computers don't think, do they?! According to www.faa.gov, "Automation has been promoted as a way to improve both aviation safety and efficiency. In many ways automation has indeed kept its promise; in many other ways it has been found to be lacking."
This statement clearly shows that the automation is NEVER 100%-reliable.
Handflying really isn't that difficult. I started flying glider jets when I was 14 and practice operating bigger jets in a simulator that's almost no different from a realistic flight. As you encounter a different challenge each few years, you quickly become familiar with flying airplanes. My point, therefore, is: get rid of the automation stuff and let the pilot, in other words, a HUMAN BEING, do the job!
At this point, I would like to invite you to click on the following link and read the FAA article regarding "Managing Automation in the Cockpit." They list some really good points to say 'NO!' to automation in the flight deck. I would also like to say that it's not impossible flying has become a little bit more dangerous because of automation.
https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/training/media/cfit/volume2/pdf/pages/page5_07.pdf
Goal:
To keep flying SAFE, I would really appreciate it if you could take the time to sign my petition, so we can get rid of all the factors that don't provide the safety we need up in the sky. Thanks so much for your support, and stay safe!
My connection to the cause:
I travel regularly, mostly on transatlantic flights between the US and Europe. Besides heavy turbulence, I've experienced other things, where you're glad that you have a skilled human being up in the cockpit. Airstreams, for example. An airstream is when an airplane flies by another aircraft that comes from the opposite direction. Thsi causes it to kind of go sideways, like by a jault. It can be scary sometimes, though it's a normal maneuver, you need to have the pilot flying the airplane, not a computer that doesn'r even think like we human beings do.
