Travelling First Class
Two weeks ago I found myself travelling First Class on the ICE high-speed train to Cologne. First isn’t so different from 2nd Class, but as you would expect the seats are placed further apart to…
Tag: ergonomics
Aviation
Checking your position
The Inertial Reference System (IRS) is a fully independent navigation system onboard many aircraft. On the A320 the IRS rotary switches are sequenced 1, 3, 2. This is because in an aircraft the left system…
Aviation
Different keyboards…
The A320 flight management and guidance system uses different types of keyboards depending on the aircraft’s age and revision cycle. If you look closely you will see that the lower right key of the num…