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Isn't what you're proposing exactly what led to this being a major problem? The automated systems disabled themselves, so people had to use the manual way, whic
by Thorrez 2y ago
Isn't what you're proposing exactly what led to this being a major problem? The automated systems disabled themselves, so people had to use the manual way, which was much less efficient, and 1,500 flights had to be cancelled.
- thereddaikon 2y agoThey are referring to air crew procedures, not ATC. WHen the crew of an aircraft encounter a failure that doesn't have a common simple response, they consult a procedure book. This is something professional crews are well acquainted with and used to. The problem in the article was with the air traffic control system. They did not have a proper failback procedure and it caused major disruptions.
- jrochkind1 2y agoTheir fallback procedure was "do it the manual way". Just like for the pilots. They thought it was a proper one...
- jvanderbot 2y agoThis entire subthread is more a response to the suggestion that "The" solution is fuzzing your entire stack to death.