"Pilot Shortage" - well ?
08-25-2014, 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Mesabah
The software made it back to LGA. Also, I doubt they would have made it to the river if it was IMC. That situation had a lot more luck than it did skill.
08-25-2014, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by mike734
Would a pilotless airliner have been able to land on The Hudson? I doubt the programming would have searched for, and found the only flat place to dead stick that jet.
08-25-2014, 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by JamesNoBrakes
That sounds like something that computer would be well suited for, finding the flattest terrain in a certain radius instantly and instantly computing whether it can make it. Thanks for the insight.
08-26-2014, 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by JamesNoBrakes
That sounds like something that computer would be well suited for, finding the flattest terrain in a certain radius instantly and instantly computing whether it can make it. Thanks for the insight.
LOL this is just getting silly.
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