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Agreed,
The concept that this study is "randomized and controlled" isn't likely to
be accurate. At the end of the day, there are so many factors involved that
bear on the cause of accidents that a study of a limited group of accidents
in a somewhat narrowly chosen group demands a thorough understanding of the
factors leading to the accidents.
The idea of comparing these two groups is a good one and as statistics mount
it will be interesting and likely useful to remain informed of data that is
collected. From this one study, I would not conclude that flying with a glass panel
properly backed up is inherently less safe than avoiding same in favor of a
"standard" steam gauge panel.
My .02
John Barrett
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From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Jeff
Edwards
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 4:43 AM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: [LML] Re: EFIS versus six pack
You all should be asking the question "why are pilots crashing EFIS
aircraft?" The answers might surprise you. AvSafe Jeff Edwards
314.308.6719 mobile
636.532.5638 office
Jeff.edwards@avsafe.com
On Aug 10, 2011, at 7:57 AM, Colyn Case <colyncase@earthlink.net> wrote:
michael, got a link to that report?
On Aug 10, 2011, at 8:13 AM, Michael Smith wrote:
All these discussions about panel upgrades and so on begs the question as
to
which setup- a an EFIS and flat screen set up or standard spinning gyros
works better in terms of delivering an intact crew and passenger to the
terminal and a plane that is reusable for further flight. I clearly agree
the panels look cool, but I do pay attention to peer reviewed science.
The
Cirrus folks did a study and the results published about a year ago
comparing the conventional gyro panels and the EFIS in the same model of
plane- as close a randomized controlled trial in aviation as possible
these
days. The EFIS cohort bent more planes and orphaned more kids than the old
school
gyros. So I won't be flying with an EFIS until someone can prove they're safer.
Michael Smith
LIV now over 1000TT
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