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Old 18th Sep 2019, 13:11
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Originally Posted by Atlas Shrugged
And therein lies the problem.

As the systems have improved, the point at which they fail keeps getting deeper and deeper into the areas that make the aircraft unnecessarily hard to fly. At some point, as they keep progressing, the 'system' will hand over a larger and larger bag of **** each time.

Airbus has had the effect of weakening pilot skills because they've automated a lot of the day to day stuff...but at the same time, when it all goes tits-up, you'll need those very same weakened skills.

Just a thought.....
Yes, and this thought is now the central theme of the article I just posted from the NY Times Magazine focusing on the Lion Air and Ethiopia 737 Max crashes.
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