Originally Posted by
UNIFO
2 Questions:
1. Any change to landing rate and delay when a airport change from vectoring to point merge?
2. If ATCOs are sitting all day to monitor until **** happens, can the ATCO still provide reasonable service? I imagine if an atco is sitting in front of the machine for a few years and all of sudden he/she needs to provide conventional service or radar vectors, can the atco still provide a safe atc service?
2 answers:
1. Almost certainly no improvement
2. It will probably lead to the same de-skilling among ATCOs that has led to "the computers won't allow this aircraft to crash" mentality in some less experienced pilots.
It seems some posters are drinking too much SESAR Kool Aid!