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Old 11th Sep 2003, 17:23
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Chocks Away
 
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Copied that JMC-Man... you got me. The list wasn't really in any particular order, though I agree with you on the freight!

Carruthers... you may be forgetting that all this "fantastic" AUTOMATION, you're on about, is derived from PROGRAMMERs...

Programmer, Pilot, it all still comes back to Human input... the pilot being on the spot and in a better position to evaluate all the stats. No computer (to my knowledge) has been able to be substituted for this pilot/(human) decision making and logic.

Sure we have EGPWS developed and a "Windshear Radar" (sensing temp dev.s) being developed and other amazing technology but this is all TO AID THE PILOTS in THEIR decision making process.

It shall remain that way for some time... (i hope )
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