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Old 14th March 2017 | 14:42
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.. but the training dollar can go a long way towards reducing such to a reasonable minimum ..
You would think so, yet TWA 514 and AAL 965 happened.

Until there be NO dinosaur aeroplanes with which the Industry has to contend, the problem remains extant.
Time is overdue to not drag the high-tech birds down to the lowest common denominator.

.. and, indeed, there remains the potential problem that the gee-whizz JB stuff has a day off whereupon the pilot comprises the last line of defence ....
A risk worth taking, because the gadgets failing at the same time as an engine failure on lift-off is down in the statistical weeds.
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