Podcast: Understanding a Cockpit in Crisis

The investigation into the crash of Air France Flight 447 has sparked comments on training and automation, but it hasn’t provided much insight into the in-cockpit environment of a commercial airliner flying through storms over the ocean at night. For that, we asked 15,000-plus hour airline pilot Jason Goldberg. Then we asked him to describe what happens when systems fail.

The investigation into the crash of Air France Flight 447 has sparked comments on training and automation, but it hasn't provided much insight into the in-cockpit environment of a commercial airliner flying through storms over the ocean at night. For that, we asked 15,000-plus hour airline pilot Jason Goldberg. Then we asked him to describe what happens when systems fail.

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