a fun thing you learn about reading NTSB airline crash reports...

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...is that there are a lot of fatal plane crashes caused by pilots who became so automation-dependent that they forgot how to actually, like, fly the plane.

this is a post about so-called "generative AI"
 
My dad used to bring home the detailed behind-the-scenes crash reports for me to read. You have no idea how often I asked "Who the everglowing F! greenlit this $EXPLETIVE??"
 
back when we would travel on plane we'd have a report open on our screen specifically to discourage people from looking over our shoulder. :)
 
Boeing vs Airbus; iirc AirBus is more a fan of software controlling flight surfaces (turn a dial, computer determines if safe while moving the controls) vs Boeing preferring traditional physical controls.

I think planes could be fully-automated (efficiency and price), but wonder why there'd be a need for a trained pilot still (job elimination), and wonder how pilots feel about different plane controls: What use is years of unique flight control training if the air line enforces autopilot use? Is there passion telling computers how to fly your plane?
 
Espionage724 said:
Boeing vs Airbus; iirc AirBus is more a fan of software controlling flight surfaces (turn a dial, computer determines if safe while moving the controls) vs Boeing preferring traditional physical controls.

I think planes could be fully-automated (efficiency and price), but wonder why there'd be a need for a trained pilot still (job elimination), and wonder how pilots feel about different plane controls: What use is years of unique flight control training if the air line enforces autopilot use? Is there passion telling computers how to fly your plane?
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the conclusion of all of these crash reports is clear: flight cannot be fully automated because there needs to be someone at the controls who knows how to fly the fucking plane.
 
I just read, astronauts on Artemis mission read stuff on screen like "miles per hour". Their brain is wired to it.
Below it all systems , design , programming , subcontractors , uses , one standard, "km / hour"
 
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