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There are all kinds of airports at altitude 0. You’re arguing for vastly more complexity in the flight director for it to know what altitudes are valid for part
by kortilla 5y ago
There are all kinds of airports at altitude 0. You’re arguing for vastly more complexity in the flight director for it to know what altitudes are valid for particular locations.
> It shouldn't be that easy to almost total the airplane.
It’s not, the pilots are complete fucking morons who ignored multiple checklists and basic knowledge about flying (210 knots on the ground is insane).
This wasn’t autopilot or anything like that. It’s just hints for an already manual operation.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 5y ago> You’re arguing for vastly more complexity in the flight director The airplane should already have a terrain database in the ground proximity warning system, so triggering a warning in this case doesn't seem entirely unreasonable, should have very low false positives, and could improve flight safety. Should it be necessary? Theoretically not, but pilots are human, and we have to choose whether we want to be smug about their stupidity while piecing together 300+ charred corpses, or account for humans doing human things.