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> But having a broadcast channel accessible (for listening and talking) to all aircraft and ATC can increase situational awareness for everybody. OK, so send a
by wolverine876 3y ago
> But having a broadcast channel accessible (for listening and talking) to all aircraft and ATC can increase situational awareness for everybody.
OK, so send all messages to all aircraft (or to whatever the appropriate subset is).
> pilots literally have their hands full flying the airplane. Voice is their only feedback channel
Interesting. I wonder if the error rate of voice recognition exceeds the error rate of bad channels.
- lxgr 3y agoSure, you could emulate the broadcast channel. You'd have to read out all of these prompts and acknowledgements though, since pilots also will have their eyes on many instruments other than just datalink. Definitely doable using text-to-speech, but that way you lose the original intonation (Did the speaker sound confused? Hesitant? Was it a different voice than before?) – and what did you gain?
- wolverine876 3y ago> you lose the original intonation (Did the speaker sound confused? Hesitant? Was it a different voice than before?) – and what did you gain? Good point about intonation. You gain almost perfect signal-to-noise, an error-free cascade of instructions to all (if that's needed), and immediate synchronized updates of all systems. Maybe that's not as significant a problem as it seems from the outside. As I said, I'm in IT not aviation. Thanks for answering my questions!