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Old 10th Sep 2007, 14:47
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Does anyone know if the runway re-grooving at Congonhas has been completed ? I last saw a projected date of 8th Sep. Any updates ? Thanks.
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Yes, from what I read, the job has been done. They are now thinking about the soft cement on 150 meters at the end of the runway (I guess on the sides?...). And some are talking about the steel horizontal net...

Guarulhos main runway is being repaved... it will take a while so the pilots are using the secondary runway (shorter).

It seems, so far, that the Air Force will remain with Air Traffic Controll (people and equipments). The federal government has released moneys
for the Armed Forces (including the Air Force).

Slowly things seem to be improving, thanks God.

Yes, this has been widely discussed here, almost from the beginning. The problem still being that the aircraft cannot read the pilot's mind so has to follow control inputs, because there is no obvious Right Thing to do.
But with the pilot doing a reverse and trying to brake the plane could there be a doubt on what he wanted to do? Couldnīt the software be programed for this situation?...

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