I wonder, if the main objective is to save an ATSA salary or two, how much the thing costs to purchase and install, how many extra software gurus will be required to service it, and what the ongoing cost of upgrades/replacements will be?
The business units are probably structured in a way that those costs are spread across many different ledgers.
As important as killing off a few jobs, what will the long term effect of this be on the way controllers control? I see it as another key step in the headlong rush to fill automation. The role of our profession will eventually become that of systems monitor. Possibly, even to a degree, in ADC.