ABSTRACT
This chapter begins by exploring the emergence of the "glass cockpit" and the ethical questions that arise with emerging and changing sociotechnical systems. It provides a host of broader ethical questions in the aircraft cockpit that often fail to garner the discussion they deserve, including three issues worthy of significantly more consideration in world of aviation: the tradeoffs inherent within security, inclusivity, and reliability. The chapter presents a broader view of aviation ethics to examine the systems used to address failure and improve outcomes. It argues that these institutions and processes function effectively as collective metacognitive practice, and offers both an explanation for some of aviation's successes and an opportunity for improving ethical practice in other fields. The chapter explores the ways in which pragmatic considerations have provided incredibly fruitful ways forward in enhancing aviation safety. It considers some of the issues that ought to be front and center in any reflections on ethics and the commercial cockpit.
