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industry

Standby glass
Bringing consistency to digital panels
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he issue arose slowly, at first unrecognized.
stack during an already tense situation.
Virtually every pilot transitioning to all things
Helping glass-cockpit owners move toward a smarter
electronic trained and flew in a world of allstandby stack is an opportunity to build business and enthings analog in their cockpits.
courage safer flying.
Those pioneers began to lose their analog muscle
This dichotomy caught the attention of safety aumemories as new pilots entered an aviation world domithorities, flight instructors and aviation groups; studies
nated by electronic cockpits without developing analogensued. The consensus conclusion: In the age of digital,
cockpit skills.
analog standby packs no longer served pilots well.
And most of these newly digital pilots faced only
The safety committee of the National Business Aviasmall, 2-inch instruments for standby needs - for a postion Association is working on improving the pilot-recersible failure of those multiparameter primary flight
tification process to regularly introduce new skills and
displays. From digital back to analog, and while under
incorporate standby procedures for glass cockpit aircraft.
duress.
And avionics manufacturers have stepped up, offering
Such standby packs reflect the analog era, except
digital standby packs that maintain the look, feel and resmaller, and exacerbate a disconnect. Size is an issue,
sponse of those main-stack PFDs.
with the typical standby pack consisting of an analog attitude indicator, round, analog airspeed indicator, and a
The technological catalyst:
round altimeter dial - and all not quite 2 inches across.
A transition unplanned
They bear no resemblance to the glass stacks they back
This disconnect began to gain notice in recent years,
up. They look - and behave - very differently from the
and safety investigators and instructor pilots have been on
glass PFD indications.
a crusade to encourage more-thorough pilot training on
And the VFR-like visual experience delivered by digiflying solely by the aircraft's standby stack.
tal PFDs - where everything once in six
For example, review the findings of an
instruments is on one display - further
investigation out of the United Kingdom
exacerbates the challenge of reverteight years ago examining a serious
Converts can
ing to a three-parameter standby
incident in which a British Airways
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Avionics News June 2014

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Avionics News June 2014

Point of Communication
AEA Now
The View from Washington
International News and Regulatory Updates
Standby Glass
Member Profile
Moving Forward
Ongoing Evolution
ADS-B Installations are Beginning to Take Off
Member Profile
What's Working?
Business Basics
Seven Signs it's Time to Use a Collection Agency
What's New
Marketplace Classifieds
Avionics News June 2014 - Intro
Avionics News June 2014 - Cover1
Avionics News June 2014 - Cover2
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Avionics News June 2014 - Point of Communication
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Avionics News June 2014 - AEA Now
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Avionics News June 2014 - The View from Washington
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Avionics News June 2014 - International News and Regulatory Updates
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Avionics News June 2014 - Standby Glass
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Avionics News June 2014 - Member Profile
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Avionics News June 2014 - Moving Forward
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Avionics News June 2014 - Ongoing Evolution
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Avionics News June 2014 - ADS-B Installations are Beginning to Take Off
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Avionics News June 2014 - Member Profile
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Avionics News June 2014 - What's Working?
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Avionics News June 2014 - Business Basics
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Avionics News June 2014 - Seven Signs it's Time to Use a Collection Agency
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Avionics News June 2014 - What's New
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