The Human Factor

[OwlHoot]

I'm sure they would love to overide the drones that are killing them in droves at the moment.

"They" already have, if you include Iranian Republican Guards - Didn't they override US drone and down it not so long ago?

[EternalOptimist]

Orbital mind control lasers.

it covers all the angles wibble

[vetran]

this one could have been solved by a electronic cockpit release, combine this with a local key / password individual to cabin staff and a locked down crew phone / radio outside the cockpit with a camera.

but it does seem autopilot running in the background autonomously advising the air traffic control of deviation or odd behavior would be useful. So if a plane starts to dive like this the plane phones home and the control tower knows what is happening at least and may have certain overrides such as cockpit door opening or silent fuel dump enabled.

[tomtomagain]

Read my post again, there would be an override possible from the ground, drone-stylee.

I didn't miss the comment the first time.

It's not that it's not possible .... in fact in is currently possible as the countless drones and the US Air force pilot-less space shuttle prove.

But are the fee-paying public ready for pilot-less flights? We haven't even managed to get driver-less tubes yet.

[hyperD]

I didn't miss the comment the first time.

It's not that it's not possible .... in fact in is currently possible as the countless drones and the US Air force pilot-less space shuttle prove.

But are the fee-paying public ready for pilot-less flights? We haven't even managed to get driver-less tubes yet.

I think it's also the human factor in terms of political clout of unions which will resist the hardest too.

I would hope that all trains, tubes, taxis and cars would be fully automated first before planes, although I suspect planes are closer to full automation than trains.

Interesting thoughts for a Friday!

[Euler]

I didn't miss the comment the first time.

It's not that it's not possible .... in fact in is currently possible as the countless drones and the US Air force pilot-less space shuttle prove.

But are the fee-paying public ready for pilot-less flights? We haven't even managed to get driver-less tubes yet.

Well the general public are generally stupid.
But consider:

1. Air France crash in Atlantic - pilot incompetence
2. Malaysian disappearance - seems deliberate
3. Air Asia crash - pilot incompetence
4. German wings - deliberate.

The only major crash recently that was not pilot related was the shooting down of the 2nd malaysian plane.

If this continues even the general public may be convinced.
It seems planes are now super-safe tech wise but humans have not improved in the same way.

[minestrone]

Fantastic novel...

[Euler]

Fantastic novel...

Indeed. Re-read it last year.

[fullyautomatix]

Whose sockie is this ? Hard to keep up these days.

[Euler]

Hard to keep up these days.

That's because you're a cretin, probably