As a pilot, have you ever felt overwhelmed by the automated systems in your aircraft during a routine flight?

August 13, 2012, 5:30 PM

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No, I always know what the automated systems are doing.
40% (2 votes)
It's happened to me a few times, but not very frequently.
40% (2 votes)
The automated systems occasionally get too far ahead of me, but I soon catch up.
20% (1 vote)
It happens fairly often during the critical phases of flight or during abnormal/emergency ops, when the workload is heavier.
0% (0 votes)
The more I fly the airplane, the less this happens.
0% (0 votes)
Total votes: 5

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Jim MacFarlane
on September 6, 2012 - 4:48pm

Only if no fuel to go around or all alternates severly blocked in. Any pilot who allows an airplane not to have fuel for a alternate flight needs to find another career..

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