Cirrus adds reality check to Avidyne displays

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Cirrus press release said:
Duluth, Minn. (January 22, 2007) In keeping with the company’s emphasis on safety, Cirrus Design Corporation announced today that their Avidyne Entegra® Multi-Function Display (MFD) has been upgraded in a novel way. Now, every time a pilot starts their aircraft, the MFD will display three pages of information inviting a personal inventory before takeoff regarding limitations, weather, flight planning, passenger briefing, and readiness to fly.
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http://www.cirrusdesign.com/downloads/pdf/pr/CDNR 07-01.pdf

Interesting.

Maybe this will work for those who are dazzled by the displays? I tend to think that someone who doesn't do this on their own already will probably quickly skip through it and ignore it.
 
You can find that "Envelope of Safety" card referenced in the press release which will show up on the screen at http://www.cirruslink.com/mycirrus/downloads/WeatherDecision-makingCard.pdf. I must say it's a valiant effort and the suggestions on it are quite worthy of consideration, but I can't say I think popping it up on the MFD at startup is going to deter headstrong pilots from making bad decisions. I suspect that in most cases, Cirrus pilots will merely be annoyed that they have to hit "enter" three more times to get going, and only the pilots who already make good decisions will think about it every time they fly.
 
Ron Levy said:
You can find that "Envelope of Safety" card referenced in the press release which will show up on the screen at http://www.cirruslink.com/mycirrus/downloads/WeatherDecision-makingCard.pdf. I must say it's a valiant effort and the suggestions on it are quite worthy of consideration, but I can't say I think popping it up on the MFD at startup is going to deter headstrong pilots from making bad decisions. I suspect that in most cases, Cirrus pilots will merely be annoyed that they have to hit "enter" three more times to get going, and only the pilots who already make good decisions will think about it every time they fly.
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Thanks for the link, and all I can say is WTF?!? You've got to be kidding me. This is stuff every student pilot knows before they solo. What is the point? As you said, this is the stuff every pilot thinks about with their first cup of coffee on flight days as they look at their weather breif. If they didn't, this little thing sure isn't going to cause any thought.
 
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