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>Their training also focuses quite a bit on constant recall of what they're looking at (in the event their systems suddenly die, they need to always know what p
by rl3 12y ago
>Their training also focuses quite a bit on constant recall of what they're looking at (in the event their systems suddenly die, they need to always know what planes are in their sequence and where generally they are) ...
That seems brutal. Wonder why they don't do something like a continuous print instead.
- jkaljundi 12y agoMany ATC facilities do use backup printers for the good old flight progress strips. Basically a continuous roll of strips coming from the printer that usually goes directly into a garbage bin.
- frandroid 12y agoIf the systems suddenly die, they don't have time to consult a printout, they need to KNOW which planes to shuffle off or else there will be accidents; reading the information off a printout is way too slow. If the system RAM dies, the humans are the effective backup RAM.