Posted on 07/19/2023 1:41:35 PM PDT by Rummyfan
Starting in 2020, airlines did two insanely stupid things: They forced a generation of their most experienced pilots into early retirement, then committed to new race-based hiring rules.
A wagon train sounds more appealing to me right now than setting foot on a plane with a pilot more trained in detecting microaggressions at work than changes in airspeed and altitude.
I hate flying. My poor husband still has a sore arm from where I grabbed him every time the plane hit turbulence on our last flight. I didn’t always hate it — I used to fly across the country to and from college constantly without thinking about it. I’d fly to Europe without stressing about anything other than how bored I’d be for 12 hours. The Chuck Yeager voice of the calm pilot telling me to put my seatbelt on was reassuring. I was in good hands — the best.
But after one super bumpy flight through a storm cloud during a landing in Paris, I developed a fear of turbulence. This led to me falling into a plane crash rabbit hole. I learned about every gruesome plane crash from the last 50 years. I began to try to find out what caused most crashes, in a vain attempt to prevent having to go out like that.
What brings down an airplane? 9/11: al-Qaida terrorists. The American Airlines crash right after 9/11 out of JFK airport in New York: pilot error. The terrible Air France flight from South America: frozen pitot tubes and pilot error. The Calgon Air crash: ice and pilot error. The miracle on the Hudson: fat geese.
The miracle on the Hudson flight confirmed that in the unlikely event of a flight mishap, having a skilled pilot is literally your only hope.
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Yes they can!
I used to fix and calibrate the stuff!
If actuated a C5 can take off, fly somewhere, and land with someone just twisting dials.
In reality pilots are only needed for random events.
Oooo, “I used to fix and calibrated stuff”. There is no such thing as “auto-takeoff” on a manned aircraft - and “twisting dials”? what is that? I haven’t “twisted dials” on an aircraft since I flew DC-9s in the early 1980s. You’ve outed yourself as a know-nothing.
Every flight is filled with hundreds of what you call “random events.” No manned aircraft can “fly itself”. Even to suggest it reveals a total lack of knowledge of aviation.
I’ve flown airliners for 40 years. I’ve carried hundreds of thousands of passengers in my career as an international captain for a major US airline. Onboard fires, engine failures, severe turbulence, wind shear, medical emergencies, manual approaches to less than 1/2 mile visibility... I’ve got decades of stories how NOT EVEN ONE flight could “take off, fly somewhere, and land with someone just twisting dials.”
Go back to Microsoft Flight Simulator.
"No manned aircraft can 'fly itself'. Even to suggest it reveals a total lack of knowledge of aviation."
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August 20, 2020, article at WIRED.com
This Plane Flies Itself. We Went for a Ride
Xwing is testing a Cessna that's controlled from the ground, not the cockpit. Its goal is to automate as much as possible, while keeping a human in the loop.
Yet, again, the nerd doesn’t understand context.
LOL. You first.
Like electric air taxis we were supposed to be using years ago… still coming. Even AI lacks judgment, which cannot be taught. Pilots exercise judgment gained by years of experience. Regardless, 75% of every domestic airline flight is manually flown. Autoflight systems are good, but require constant tweaking by the crew.
Even our military drones are remotely piloted, by pilots.
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