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Not to be a philistine about new technology: but somehow I think this would make people in the air and in the ground less safe. It's probably like having a par
by anonu 7y ago
Not to be a philistine about new technology: but somehow I think this would make people in the air and in the ground less safe.
It's probably like having a parachute on the plane: just a great marketing sales point.
- cblades 7y agoWhole aircraft parachute systems have undoubtedly saved lives. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28539144 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28539144 There are already plenty of airplanes that have the ability to land themselves under specific conditions. There's no whole-new technology here. Even if it was brand new, I'm not sure how that would be less safe.
- stanski 7y agoThis is only for emergencies, similar to the parachute system on Cirrus aircraft. I'm sure sooner or later someone somewhere would be very glad to have this.
- Quenty 7y agoIt’s intended for small aircraft where the pilot might be incapacitated or something. Imagine someone having a heart attack mid flight with their kid onboard or something.
- Stevvo 7y agoFor parachutes it was only true until Cirrus put out training to encourage people to actually use the parachute. Once pilots were properly trained, the parachutes started saving lives. It was the same story when ejector seats were introduced. The emergency autoland is not intended to be used by the pilot, it is for activation by a passenger in single pilot aircraft when the pilot is incapacitated. So their is almost nothing to train. Pilots just need to add it to the passenger briefing.
- nsxwolf 7y agoA Cessna pilot and a Cirrus pilot walk into a bar. Bartender says what will you have. Cessna pilot orders a Jack and Coke. Cirrus pilot pulls his chute.
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoIf this system doesn't alert the outside world that it's been used more than a few intoxicated people are gonna use it to land at uncontrolled airports. Just get close and press the magic button. Net safety will probably increase because most people will never have that use case though.
- rkangel 7y agoIt will advertise an emergency on the radio and with the transponder, so that ATC can clear traffic out of the way.
- technofiend 7y agoFunny, but no. It definitely alerts people and those kind of alerts come with consequences. Declaring an emergency will trigger a later review by the FAA with potential action from them ranging from nothing at all to removing the pilot's license.