Amen and AaaaaaMen...
On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 3:24 PM, WILTON <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > 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 >>> >>> NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! >>> >>> *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many >>> of >>> our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain >>> >>> "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few >>> who >>> learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence >>> for themselves." >>> >>> WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* >>> 2013 F150, 18 mpg >>> 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg >>> 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://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 >> >> 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 > > 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 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
