promani. see roulishollandais. I agree with both of you. It is ironic that the tables are turned on those whose allegiance is to machinery, that when faulted, the mechanism cannot solve its problem. It is done, finished. No escape....but for the humans who control the mechanism, who can reason, and problem solve.
Stubborn fealty to a false god. Make no mistake, the 447 flight was doomed at UAS onset, doomed, without the flight crew. That she crashed is perhaps due poor communication among the three pilot, but the a/c was lost prior anyway.
The problem was soluble up to well into STALL (likely), but only by the hands of man. Yet it is pilots who take the blame for the shortcomings of the automations. Once the a/c gives up, there is no pathway back to stable, save for the intervention of the safety pilots. The interventions were inadequate, but those who believe in pilotless travel would be wise to consider that because the rescuers failed, the new way may not be safe without at least the chance of salvation. Keep the Mark I, yes?
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