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Asturias56 Problem is using cameras versus human eyeballs 20 or 30 feet away.
It is not automated a lot more than what USAF has used since the 50's and 60's.
The traditional system had a human boom op that saw me and even scolded me if I was too rough or outta place. The dude would control the boom and things worked great, even in terrible weather and such.
The new plane uses a camera or two with the boom controlled 40 feet away near the cockpit by a human and is having problems. Other problem things on the new plane exist, but the thing that bothers most of we users and ex-users was a camera and not a human eyeball.
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