Just about every square inch of a cockpit is already occupied by something more important than a cupholder. First, there's not exactly a lot of space to work with. Airbus have followed the successful passenger aircraft A350 and included flight deck and crew rest humidifiers as an option for the new flagship A350F freighter. But in the world of aviation, when what may seem an easy change can be a major undertaking. The ‘Humidifier Onboard’ flight deck is a de facto standard on Boeing 787 and it is a popular selection on the Airbus A35O as well as Boeing 777X. The Airbus spokesperson did not say why the company focused on mitigating the effects of a spill rather than reducing the odds of one - with, say, bigger cupholders.
Airbus has introduced a removable, spill-proof cover for the center console in the interim.
New planes will be delivered with the new panel in place, while planes currently in service can have the panel installed during routine maintenance. World of Aviation first reported the redesign. V00D11029337 Flight Deck and Systems Briefing for Pilots 22.AFS.3 A350 Automatic Flight System 1.System Description General Architecture The AFS has: Three primary flight control and guidance computers (PRIMs) that control the: Autopilot (AP) Flight Director (FD) Autothrust (A/THR) Three Flight Management Computers (FMCs) that operate. Join us in the cockpit as we complete nine glorious takeoffs in the A330-200, A350-900, A320NEO, A220-300, Dash 8-200 and Fokker 50. And as anyone who's nursed a hot beverage while flying must know, putting a cup on a flat surface in midair is a good way to prompt a spill.Īn Airbus spokesperson confirmed to Business Insider that a new, liquid-resistant panel was certified by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency in July, and that it was being introduced to customers now. Here we’ve pulled together (almost) all of the takeoffs from our flight deck filming sessions. The cupholders in the Airbus A350 are smaller than those found in other planes, and pilots have tended to use the center console as a makeshift table for their drinks. The redesign came after two incidents in which an engine unexpectedly shut down in the middle of a flight, after drinks were spilled onto that control panel. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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