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Old 12th Jun 2002, 15:15
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Capt Pit Bull
 
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Oh dear, Caruthers.

Seems you don't know very much about autolanding concepts.

The crew are part of the system. Organic, rather than silicon, but part of the system non-the-less.

The primary role of the crew is to monitor the approach and abort it if the automatic part of the system either fails or screws it up.

i.e. - and listen very carefully - autolands are only certifiable because of the presence of the pilots, not inspite of them.

Because if you think things get hairy when pilots screw up, you should see what failed automatics can do.

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