Primary flight display

Automation.

In the general aviation community, an automated aircraft is generally comprised of an integrated advanced avionics system consisting of a primary flight display, PFD, a multifunction flight display, MFD, including an instrument-certified global positioning system, GPS, with traffic and terrain graphics, and a fully integrated autopilot.

This type of aircraft is commonly known as an advanced avionics aircraft.

In an advanced avionics aircraft, there are typically two displays, computer screens, PFD, left display screen, and the MFD.

Automation is the single most important advance in aviation technologies.

Electronic flight displays, EFDs, have made vast improvements in how information is displayed and what information is available to the pilot.

Automation can assist the pilot in many ways, but a thorough understanding of the system or systems in use is essential to gaining the benefits it can offer.

Understanding leads to respect, which is achieved through discipline and the mastery of the onboard systems.