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Join Date: Apr 2002
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OK - that was the pro's and con's of an expensive system with unknown security implications.
How 'bout the simple one - train the CC to:
1) Use the radio (4 actions required)
2) Fly an A/P emerg descent (4 actions required)
3) Fly radar vectors & descend a/c further (2 actions required for each)
4) Slow the aircraft down with gear & flaps (1 table of speeds required + 2 actions for each stage of flaps)
5) Get radar vectored onto an ILS auto-land approach (6 actions)
6) Stop the aircraft after landing & shut down the engines (3 actions)
Yes, it is not for all, and yes, there are numerous risks involved. But looking at the alternetive is not all that attractive either, is it? If we assumed that we took 50% of CC to the sim to learn this (and practice a couple of times every year) - we would only have used a fraction of the dosh involved in going the ATC-controlled route - and created no further risk (what's Osamas boys gonna do - threathen to block all ATC com with an open mike in the BDX N sector or do an autoland at your airport unless we disband western civilisation within 48 hours?)
Just worth a thought - brgds fm
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