Originally Posted by
kcockayne
it also seems to fly in the face of established & cherished safety principles. Certainly, not what I was brought up with !
Hhhmmm, safety 'principles'change all the time as technology develops. As Gonzo (I think it was) said before we do not have engineers or navigators on aircraft any more and yet aircraft are more safe than they've ever been.
None of this remote towers stuff will be introduced until the people using it think it's safe, the bosses have been persuaded its safe, the stakeholders (airlines flying out of the airports using it) think its safe and finally the regulator thinks its safe enough to issue a licence to operate.