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FAA UPDATES COCKPIT-CONTROL GUIDANCE FOR TOUCHSCREENS AND VOICE...
Draft human-factors guidance as more flight decks move past switches and knobs — glare, gloves, and failed screens included.
SCOTT: Knobs you can find in IMC with a glove on exist for a reason. New FAA language on touch and voice is overdue. When you evaluate a panel upgrade, fly the failure modes — glare, turbulence, gloves, a failed screen — not the demo in a quiet hangar.