Aviation Week Pilot Report: Flying the Boeing 787

Aviation Week's resident test pilot, Fred George, flew the Boeing 787 in November. He was joined in the cockpit by Aviation Week's cameras. Filmed by Guy Norris. Edited and produced by Rupa Haria.

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[Daniel Crowe]

hmm these new features are all very well but i think the best feature.... is the hula dancer above centre console

[winwinniewinfield]

No they don't airbus believes the computer knows best not pilot . This is why they have control sticks an not yokes . Boeing believe the pilot should be makin the final decision an have full control if needed be

[David n]

not now.

[Jan Prins]

Boeing 787 grounded!!

[345ToxicNoxx345]

BoeingPilot2012 chill bruh its a joke not a dick dont take it so hard i love all planes and my uncle flys a320 and their cool but i just perfer boeing really no hard feelings no i havent flown a320 but ive flown a dassault falcon 7x and sidestick is decent

[Aertraveller]

Not really, they simply didn't follow the right procedures. You can't blame Airbus for airlines not training their pilots properly.

[Tvillalona1]

The relied to much on the computer,

[BoeingPilot2012]

You're wrong. I'm possibly the only one here that has flown the A320.

God, what's wrong with people? Like you probably guessed because of my username, I do fly a 747. But you cannot judge planes if you haven't had any personal experience...plus, you're wrong about the Airbus side stick idea. They're there to provide comfort to the pilot, to let the pilot fly the aircraft in a good position, to let them eat PROPERLY etc. Try to do some research before typing something stupid.

-Michael

[Aertraveller]

Boeing 787 is a great airplane, however what all these dumb Boeing fanboys should realize is that just because they like Boeing doesn't mean they couldn't like Airbus too.

The truth is that Airbus and Boeing both make great safe airplanes.

[Aertraveller]

And what you suggest would have happened with Boeing? Exactly the same thing.

If dumbasses like you did actually read the report you would find out that pilots were actually pulling up the whole way down, instead of pulling the nose down which is what you need to do in case of stall.

After the plane lost airspeed data computer protections actually went off and the plane became like a Boeing, under full manual control.

AF447 = Failure of Air France's pilot training, not Airbuses.

[Aertraveller]

In the end that hasn't been a good choice, plenty of Boeing crashes would have never happened with an Airbus.

Think about the Ethiopian 737 that crashed in Beirut when tired pilots got disorientated... Had it been an Airbus they would have never managed to send the plane into dangerously high bank angle like they did with the 737.

The truth is that pilot error is by far the number 1 cause of accidents, thus pilots should not be allowed to bring their plane outside its limits.

[BoeingPilot2012]

Don't judge planes if you're too ignorant.