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Old 9th Jul 2013, 04:40
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Brian Abraham
 
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Just an observation, but find the parallels with Turkish Airlines flight 1951 of interest.

Co-pilot new to type
High and fast initially
Stalled with insufficient height to recover

That crash would never have happened with an automated cockpit, and the move towards getting pilots out of airliners just took a huge leap..... but we are at, or close to the threshold where the overall reliability of an autopilot exceeds that of a human, and airlines and their accountants shareholders and lawyers will react accordingly
In your dreams, you'll find yourself one of the extremely few takers.
let's see your computer do a Circling NDB to minimums in a thunderstorm with a failed AHRS
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