AviationGeeks.com - FAA finalises flightcrew alerting rule

The US FAA has finalised a new rule that delineates which colours can be used for warning, caution and advisory alert indications in the cockpit for new transport category aircraft to be certified after 3 January 2011.

Though defacto standards are currently in place regarding the alerts generated by advanced glass cockpit avionics systems, the FAA says each manufacturer must gain approval through FAA-written issue papers and special conditions, processes that require "additional work" for the agency.

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