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In the software world I call this an end user discovered issue. But when the issue involves a plane that is carrying actual souls. That can feel very scary. I
by avelis 2y ago
In the software world I call this an end user discovered issue. But when the issue involves a plane that is carrying actual souls. That can feel very scary.
I am sure this has been resolved by now since its from 2020.
- recursive 2y agoI don't think airplane software ships updates the way npm packages do. I would be more surprised if this is fixed.
- thecosmicfrog 2y ago> I don't think airplane software ships updates the way npm packages do. I'd ideally like to sleep tonight, thanks.
- advisedwang 2y agoI think from the point of view of Boeing, the FAA and the airlines, "put it in our maintenance checklist to reboot every 51 days" is a fix.
- woah 2y agoWith that framing, this sounds like one of the easiest maintenance tasks imaginable. No wrenches or grease involved.
- trollied 2y agoThey do get software updates. Watch "Stig Aviation" "Stig Shift" series on youtube. He's shown how to do updates in a few of his videos.
- Dylan16807 2y agoThat depends on how much code was having trouble, and what you mean by "resolved". The safe option might be to avoid the situation, and I could imagine that even if there is a code update it might just make the plane balk at getting ready to take off after a certain amount of uptime.
- AmVess 2y agoScary would be right. Reminds me of the F-22 Raptor crossing the International Dateline error in 2007. They were flying a squadron of them from Hawaii to Japan. They crossed the IDL and all nav/fuel systems went down, as well as some communications gear. They only made it back because they were flying with tankers at time, who led them back to base.
- extraduder_ire 2y agoWas that a coordinate thing, a timezone thing, or something else? I'm assuming the former.