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Old 08-17-2017, 06:47 AM
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You guys are clueless. Collectively we can't even find airplanes that went down in the oceans for sometimes years after a crash. Yet you believe the technology is so great to be able to accurately control a plane and track it over its entire route.

We are still making position reports via HF radio which sounds horrendous, relay requests to climb or change speed, are not tracked on radar during the majority of the flight and up until recently thanks to GPS could be miles off the actual route of flight due to accuracy tolerances.

Airlines are buying BRAND NEW airplanes that still are based on 1960's technology save for some pretty displays that save money over round gauges. These same airplanes (737) don't even have EICAS/ECAM and use dummy lights the pilots have to have a good working knowledge and actually see what's lit up.

So keep going on and on about your pilotless airplanes. We are several decades and many new aircraft models away. And if you know anything about aviation, especially new aircraft you would know they take almost a decade to go from new idea to reality.
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Precisely ^^^
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Old 08-22-2017, 08:39 AM
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This thread came to mind yesterday when the automatic parking assist went lights went dark in IAH. Four rampers standing around looking up at it as we come to a stop thirty feet short, finally one ramper takes three steps over and pulls wands out of his pocket and completes the job. To add final humor the lights then flash a big...OK.
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Old 08-22-2017, 09:55 AM
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This thread came to mind yesterday when the automatic parking assist went lights went dark in IAH.
I was in the ORD SOC recently talking to our zone controller. I learned that the zone controllers monitor the APIS/Safe Park system as we're parking. They see through the APIS cameras which also highlights the obstacles that the system is tracking. When the system isn't working correctly, they are the ones who reset it. Not nearly as 'automatic' as I thought.
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Old 08-23-2017, 06:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Larry in TN View Post
I was in the ORD SOC recently talking to our zone controller. I learned that the zone controllers monitor the APIS/Safe Park system as we're parking. They see through the APIS cameras which also highlights the obstacles that the system is tracking. When the system isn't working correctly, they are the ones who reset it. Not nearly as 'automatic' as I thought.
Do you think they regularly put "Too Far" on the screen just to mess with us?
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Old 08-23-2017, 07:38 AM
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https://www.newscientist.com/article...an-cyberweapon

Yep right around the corner. What could go wrong.


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Old 08-24-2017, 05:53 AM
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The big money airline managers, fund managers and investors will have all the charts and graphs and modeling to show what a great money saving idea this plan will be.

It will save billions they will be told. If the meeting lasts more than 4 hours, they will be calling their physicians.

Finally a smart junior team member will get a chance to inform them that the computer pilots won't lie and carry any maintenance items back to the hub for repair.

When they plug this into their models, they'll find their operation imploding 3 days after implementing their "Skynet" plan.

After that, it will be back to the normal meetings about retirement theft, FAR rule changes for transatlantic turns and paycut strategies.
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Old 08-24-2017, 09:08 AM
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Pilotless ops at LGA and EWR should be fun to watch
Hey man, they get Aeroflot in and out...
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