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Outputting that in lower case could be a small step to making them easier to parse, and therefore more likely to be read. I find the text you posted tiring even
by powercf 8y ago
Outputting that in lower case could be a small step to making them easier to parse, and therefore more likely to be read. I find the text you posted tiring even to look at.
THE REF (B) TURKISH NOTAM A3009/16 LTAAYNYX (111139 EUECYIYN JUL 2016) HAS NO GROUND, CANNOT PRODUCE ANY INTERNATIONALLY LEGAL EFFECT WITHIN ATHINAI FIR/ HELLAS UIR AND IS CONSIDERED NULL AND VOID.
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The ref (B) Turkish NOTAM A3009/16 LTAAYNYX (111139 Euecyiyn Jul 2016) has no ground, cannot produce any internationally legal effect within Athinai FIR/Hellas UIR and is considered null and void.
- oh_sigh 8y agoHow much experience do you have reading all-caps text? It isn't necessarily a burden to people who are used to it, which all airline pilots are.
- everdev 8y agoI'm sure prior experience is a big factor, but I could see how the greater height variances in lower case text can make it easier to read.
- DocTomoe 8y agoYeah, good luck with changing hundreds of established, life-or-death-systems, most of them actually embedded in planes in the airline industry worldwide, at the same cutover date, to suddenly support mixed-case script. Have a one-hour watch to understand what kind of beast you are wrestling here: https://media.ccc.de/v/31c3_-_6308_-_en_-_saal_1_-_201412281245_-_beyond_pnr_exploring_airline_systems_-_saper https://media.ccc.de/v/31c3_-_6308_-_en_-_saal_1_-_201412281...
- michaelt 8y agogood luck with changing hundreds of established, life-or-death-systems, most of them actually embedded in planes Seems to me that's precisely the sort of thing the NTSB _is_ supposed to be able to do? Of course IMHO a mere change of case doesn't go far enough.
- DocTomoe 8y agoYou do realize that US planes still have to be able to fly to countries other than the US, and vice versa, right?