Voss Says Pilots Must Back Up Automation
Pilot Training Isn't Enough
Flight Safety Foundation CEO Bill Voss (photo by Frank Jackman, FSF)
Flight Safety Foundation CEO Bill Voss (photo by Frank Jackman, FSF)

"Five years ago we passed the point where automation was there to back up pilots," said Flight Safety Foundation CEO Bill Voss at last week's Flight Safety Foundation Corporate Aviation Safety Seminar in San Antonio. "Clearly today, the pilot is there to be the backup to the automation." Voss told AIN  "This is simply a realistic assessment of the world today, except we are not training pilots to be backups to automation. We have to own up to the fact that we need develop new kinds of pilot training," he said.