Originally Posted by
BlueScholar
Get real. EICAS gives you an immediate, plain English message of what failed. The 737 "Ding, vague hint, easter egg hunt for a light that doesn't clearly explain what the problem is, then dig into the EFB looking for the plain English explanation of what's wrong" may be an easy cognitive process at 0 knots and 0 G's. But when you add in fatigue, fear, confusion, while dealing with a handful of airplane and it shouldn't be this difficult to understand than under those stressful circumstances pilots might not be able to think and operate at 100% capacity, or be as amazing as all the badass pilots on this forum who simply would never make a mistake and would be the hero in every single circumstance.
It’s not about being a badass. It’s also not an Easter egg hunt either. It’s basic pilot skills. Is EICAS better? Yes. But to paint a narrative that it’s super unsafe and crews are doomed so planes are falling out of the sky is dramatic.
You feel very passionate about this topic. In which case, you should bid off of it if you haven’t done so already