This is the first episode of the first year and although it's still informative it's not up to the standards that would be set later. The writers shoehorn in several stories involving pilot failure (a dreaded term among aviators) and the director has been infected with the usual action-movie fad of keeping the camera in motion and instantaneous cutting, as if the target audience were a bunch of kids weaned on MTV and music videos.
But, as I say, still informative. The 1980s, when the computer age began, saw a rapid development in commercial aviation with multiple models of various "series" by different manufacturers. It was all understandably confusing. Pilots trained on earlier models brought their conceptions to the flying of slightly modified, more modern morphs of an airplane. If a particular instrument was widely regarded as unreliable in version 1.0, then it was still thought of as ineffective in version 1.0.2, even though the flaws had been corrected. Because of the rapidly changing technology, the pilots found it difficult to keep up with the patches. The computer practically flew the airplane after takeoffs and before landings, but they sometimes failed.
As one narrator puts it, "When you introduce a change to solve a problem, you create a new problem." In effect, every modification becomes it own beta version.
But, as I say, still informative. The 1980s, when the computer age began, saw a rapid development in commercial aviation with multiple models of various "series" by different manufacturers. It was all understandably confusing. Pilots trained on earlier models brought their conceptions to the flying of slightly modified, more modern morphs of an airplane. If a particular instrument was widely regarded as unreliable in version 1.0, then it was still thought of as ineffective in version 1.0.2, even though the flaws had been corrected. Because of the rapidly changing technology, the pilots found it difficult to keep up with the patches. The computer practically flew the airplane after takeoffs and before landings, but they sometimes failed.
As one narrator puts it, "When you introduce a change to solve a problem, you create a new problem." In effect, every modification becomes it own beta version.