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Old 25th Jul 2014, 11:49
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Aluminium shuffler
 
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Never mind real time tracking, one very large EU locos doesn't even have any way for pilots to contact ops, engineering or ground crew once the doors are closed, despite having a fleet of hundreds of aircraft in the one company. No CPDLC, no satcom, no ACARS, not HF, just the legal minimum two VHFs. And all the time it bangs the drum about safety. And I doubt that is unique. It's all lip service - the only contribution the industry has to safety is making sure the pilots are aboard the aircraft and have to save their own arses. God help the passengers if the industry does go down the remotely piloted vehicle route...
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