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I'm waiting for the first aviation GPS nav system to pull the automobile trick and refuse to accept programming while in flight. "Sorry you may not select an e
by VLM 9y ago
I'm waiting for the first aviation GPS nav system to pull the automobile trick and refuse to accept programming while in flight. "Sorry you may not select an emergency landing airfield as a new destination, the aircraft is in flight, please land the aircraft then for your safety the GPS configuration screen will be unlocked". Its merely obnoxious nanny when a car driver is alone, but its incredibly frustrating when the car or airplane has a "copilot" dedicated to the task.
- jacquesm 9y agoThere's a bit of a difference between you changing your destination vs the manufacturer updating the software while the vehicle is in motion. A really good voice interface would be a solution here. But I'd want to that to be 'on device', not through some service where the audio gets sent. Fortunately avionics tend to be better behaved than car electronics but there are plenty of people bitching about the latest generation of touch screen hardware in general aviation planes. Nice stackexchange thread about this: https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/22729/why-are-traditional-knobs-not-replaced-by-touchscreens-in-cockpits https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/22729/why-are-t...