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Old 29th Oct 2015, 00:05
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Originally Posted by Romeo_Fox
Let me get this straight right from the start: I'm not 100% convinced of the multiple "remote-TWR" concept as it is presented right now

BUT

we're all creatures of habit and looking back a few decades proves how awfully wrong or even ridiculous our perceptions can be...

When steam locomotives were invented, doctors were warning the human brain could suffer damage as it is not made for traveling with such high speed

IBM chairman Thomas Watson said, there might be a world market for about five computers.


Not trying to prove a point, but maybe the generation of babies that's swiping through iPhone pictures might have a different view on that issue.
Only sensible educated post here!

Rest sound like people who seen a TV for first time and wonder how they get the man inside the box.

Most of the statements about what an ATCO in a glass tower need to do actually is the limitation of the design of glass tower and the unsafe part, remote towers actually fix most of the problems with glass towers.

Multiple concept again - needs lot of work yet, but open thinking and not thinking in the silo of how would 3 glass towers be done - instead consider fact the technology does and allows presentation differently so the problems that perceived when only think of the now don't exist.

Any new technology that tries to replicate what you do now is pointless - it should change and improve things.

Comment reference SARG, actually their role is equally to improve standards not just maintain them - so perhaps they see an opportunity here to fix the issues we have in the old glass tower tech!
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