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Re:ACARS Drama by joezydeco on Thursday March 20, 2025 @11:43AM (#43424830)
Even if you did QWERTY, how would you arrange it in a 5x6 matrix?
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Re:ACARS Drama by marcellus23 on Thursday March 20, 2025 @12:13PM (#43425174)
I was imagining the panel could be designed such that you wouldn't need to fit it in a 5x6 matrix.
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Re:ACARS Drama by joezydeco on Thursday March 20, 2025 @02:08PM (#43426778)
Avionics is the area that is the least tolerant of radical redesigns in human interfaces. This FMC form factor has been around a long time. There are newer ACARS/FMC systems that have an actual QWERTY keyboard.

https://www.aviationtoday.com/2016/04/27/spectralux-launches...

Remember, also, that not all countries use QWERTY. France, one of the homes of Airbus, uses AZERTY. What should they do about their keyboards?

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Re:ACARS Drama by cccbbbaaa on Thursday March 20, 2025 @05:07PM (#43428999)
Use bépo, of course! More seriously, Airbus uses qwerty since at least the A380. This means that the A350 and the A330, two aircrafts that share a type rating, do not use the same layout.
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