Saab 340 a "glass cockpit"

mokulele said:
I think when airlines are evaluating the amount of time spent in glass aircraft, they are looking for experience interacting with flight deck software (i.e. accessing different menus, system schematics, FMS and autopilot integration, digital interpretation of flight data, etc.)

If all you have is an electronic ADI/FD and HSI, I would say this wouldn't technically count. My opinion only.
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Glass is slang for EFIS ( Electronic FLIGHT INSTRUMENT System. )

Yes, The SAAD 340 is first generation EFIS/ "glass."
The 757/767 is probably 2nd gen.
Challenger 604/CRJ/ Citation X, 3rd gen
G550, 4th gen (LCD)

^ roughly...
 
NJA_Capt said:
Glass is slang for EFIS ( Electronic FLIGHT INSTRUMENT System. )

Yes, The SAAD 340 is first generation EFIS/ "glass."
The 757/767 is probably 2nd gen.
Challenger 604/CRJ/ Citation X, 3rd gen
G550, 4th gen (LCD)

^ roughly...
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I dunno! That 757/767 autoflight system is head over heels better than anything you'd see on a CRJ or ERJ (based on my pre-class studying on it!). If that's second generation Boeing glass, I'd love to see what's on the newer stuff. :eek:
 
dasleben said:
I dunno! That 757/767 autoflight system is head over heels better than anything you'd see on a CRJ or ERJ (based on my pre-class studying on it!). If that's second generation Boeing glass, I'd love to see what's on the newer stuff. :eek:
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That 727 autoflight system is probably better than the CRJ, but as far as glass... not so much so.

Two entirely different things.
 
BobDDuck said:
That 727 autoflight system is probably better than the CRJ, but as far as glass... not so much so.

Two entirely different things.
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Yes, I realize.

I'm just surprised the RJ manufacturers didn't take any lessons from Boeing or Airbus that were first introduced in the 1980s.
 
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