Divert. Spending the rest of the night somewhere else and coming back later
is better than NEVER arriving.
Wilton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Strasfogel" <astrasfo...@gmail.com>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 6:19 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Bad week for A-320 -- A Langley Tale
But if you're making an approach in the dark and can't see 10' in front of
the cockpit due to blizzard like conditions wouldn't it be wise to trust
the automatic controls?
On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 2:23 PM, OK Don <okd...@gmail.com> wrote:
True Andrew, however Grant's point is more relevant to the Air France
accident over the Atlantic - where they think a sensor iced over and was
giving bad readings. The computer can't keep you in the air with bad
data. All of these large aircraft are "too many small parts flying in
close
formation".
I fly by wire - wire cables between the control wheel and the control
surfaces!
On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 9:47 PM, Andrew Strasfogel
<astrasfo...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> So the computer in the Germanwings disaster was listening to a human
> and
if
> left alone would not hav e crashed the plane. Perhaps we need MORE
> technology and less reliance on potential human error.
>
>
--
OK Don
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