Re:Boeing Believed a 737 Max Warning Light Was Standard
by sgustard on Monday May 06, 2019 @12:58AM
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Thank you for sharing that image. Now the UX question is: would that small bit of yellow text in a cockpit with hundreds of visible UI elements make any difference?
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Re:Boeing Believed a 737 Max Warning Light Was Standard
by radiorental on Monday May 06, 2019 @07:39AM
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It would imho. If the plane is in a failure mode, the user would search the UI specifically for error messages.
As a UXer I would _assume_ error messages would be in a consistent section of UI real estate. However, even if this is not the case I would expect both experience and training to mitigate the "can't find the error message among all das blinkenlights"
Re:Boeing Believed a 737 Max Warning Light Was Standard
by t0mas88 on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @07:57AM
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Yes absolutely, all failures are announced in that same place on the PFD.
The pilot flying has eyes on the PFD continuously, only looking away for a few seconds at a time if handling other systems. Essentially when flying instruments you "scan" the 4 primary pieces of information in the middle of that screen every few seconds.
On top of that there is an audible reminder when a new failure annunciator appears, so even if they were on autopilot and not paying attention (rare so early after takeoff) they would hear it and look.