By: B777boy - 26th August 2003 at 07:16
do they want to kill people? its an accident waitng to happen
By: steve rowell - 26th August 2003 at 01:35
It will never happen
By: theplane - 25th August 2003 at 23:18
one other thing…..anyone notice all the websites that went off with the SOBIG virus this past week….now imagine that happening with Air traffic control
By: adamdowley - 25th August 2003 at 22:51
bad idea.
it will be just like trying to put a permanent autopilot in the cockpit, and getting rid of the human – people i.e. the passengers, won’t feel safe in the air without knowing that there is a human up front. putting your life in the hands (or should i say microprocessors) of a computer isen’t very comforting, especially if there is the risk of it failing,
adam
By: T5 - 25th August 2003 at 19:58
Sounds quite a bad idea. What if the computer system should fail? There would be panic and a rush to get the skies under control – then who would take control because the computer controlled system would not require air traffic controllers.
But based on the Peter X incident which many of us saw on BBC2 last weekend, it could be a slightly safer approach and completely prevent mid-air collisions.
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August 25, 2003 at 1:15 pm