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In piloting aircraft, too, it pays to look out the window now and then.

• t0mas88 8y ago
  It does. And then in aircraft there are actually controllers to help us and a little box shouting "traffic, traffic" about 40 seconds before things go wrong. Followed by automated resolution advice if things are really going wrong. Thinking about it, isn't it strange that ships don't have a TCAS-like system to warn for predicted collisions?
  • HeyLaughingBoy 8y ago
    The radars I used almost 30 years ago on merchant ships certainly had collision alerts! But I was also trained that there had to be at least one person on the watch whose sole job was to look out for other ships.
    • skookumchuck 8y ago
      There's no substitute for looking out the window ("Iceberg, right ahead!"). The automated systems are fine as backups because people make misteaks.