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Old 1st Jul 2020, 10:14
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Pugilistic Animus
 
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I always, every time, I hear nonsense about automation taking over the role of {{{ Flite Cru}}} I think back to that 737 on which one gear wouldn't deploy. after 2 go arounds to try to bump the gear down, that were unsuccessful he realized that he couldn't do it, so he pulled the antiskid, blew the tire and landed safely...No computer could do that, no "Landing gear won't deploy due to a misplaced chock" item in the QRH!

Plus a computer can't ever do a Hudson River dead stick landing. Though I admit that they can be trained to do an Al Haynes scenario...the MD11 has demonstrated total hydraulic loss landing using something called " PCA" Propulsion Controlled Airplane" But hydraulic check valves make the Al Haynes situation highly improbable today.

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