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Scott asked:
-where can you find a list of standard abbreviations? (avionics, etc.)
-obviously when a switch is "up" it is on. which is considered "on", left
or
right?

I did a paper on this in my Aviation Physiology course and reviewed the
GAMA publication over the weekend to see if my findings were still
relevant; they seem to be. When designing a cockpit you should follow the
"sweep on" rule. In other words, sweep your arm in an arc forward and up to
the panel. The positive lock switches should switch on in this manner. GAMA
says there are two ways to do this and they differ in how overhead switches
are handled. Even if I had critical overhead switches I think "forward on"
would be more obvious, as opposed to sweep-back is on.

Right to left switches have no place in the cockpit. The publication also
covers labeling, lighting and symbology and has many references to other
sources like ACs and FARs.

If anyone wants to review the full GAMA document, you can find it here:
http://www.generalaviation.org/pdfs/GAMAPub10V1-0.pdf

Theo
Super IIS-RG

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