Asians can't drive so why think they can fly? Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 11, 2013, at 6:38 PM, "WILTON" <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > Speaking of not being able to do a visual approach; evidently, neither can > three 10-khr Korean pilots. > > Wilton > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Streib" <str...@cs.indiana.edu> > To: "Dieselhead" <126die...@gmail.com>; "Mercedes Discussion List" > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 7:30 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cause of Frisco crash: Poor piloting plus no glide path? > > >> Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> writes: >> >>> If it going to be all automated, then eliminate the people and thereby >>> pilot error. If these guys (or gals ) are sitting in the seat, they >>> need to be monitoring the critical parameters (altitude, attitude and >>> airspeed) whether on manual or auto. >> >> Eliminating the people might in theory eliminate the pilot error (though >> the automation is all created and programmed by people too). >> >> My view is that there is a catch 22 of sorts. Could an automated >> aircraft have landed US 1549 on the Hudson River when the engines were >> disabled by birds? No. No way. You would have had several hundred >> fatalities in that situation if a robot was flying the airplane. Only a >> human, has the ability to react intelligently to a completely >> unanticipated situation. Unfortunately, though, not all pilots are >> Chesley Sullenberger. Most, by definition, are average. So no >> guarantee that any average human pilot could have saved that situation, >> but certainly ONLY a human pilot had any chance to do so. >> >> On the other hand, would a robot pilot have made the mistakes that the >> OZ 214 pilots did? No. If there's one thing computers are good at (and >> people are bad at) it's monitoring things without ever making >> assumptions or getting distracted. However computers can't do visual >> approaches yet, and that was the only option at SFO 28L that day since >> the ILS was out of service. >> >> On balance, automation has probably saved more lives than it's cost. >> Automation relieves the pilot workload, flies more economically than >> humans can, and in general files more safely. >> >> I think the unfortunate reality is that commercial air transport, while >> very (VERY) safe, is not perfectly safe. Situations can arise, where >> the automation cannot handle it and a human, being human, makes a bad >> decision. All we can do is try to learn from it. >> >> Allan >> >> -- >> Allan Streib >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
