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| From | rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.arch.embedded |
| Subject | Re: QF72 story - wow |
| Date | 2017-05-16 10:47 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <off37d$i70$2@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <bIXRA.15251$Qg.1926@fx14.iad> <_bydnROmKMgLe4TEnZ2dnUU7-fmdnZ2d@giganews.com> |
On 5/15/2017 1:34 PM, Tim Wescott wrote: > On Sun, 14 May 2017 22:03:19 +1000, Clifford Heath wrote: > >> This story is a doozy. >> <http://www.smh.com.au/good-weekend/the-untold-story-of-qf72-what- > happens-when-psycho-automation-leaves-pilots-powerless-20170510- > gw26ae.html> > > Airbus has always had a policy of believing that engineers can program a > blind computer to fly a plane better than a pilot with eyeballs. Which is true! Pilot error is the single biggest cause of fatalities in plane accidents. > In > addition to this event, it's resulted in planes flying into mountainsides > with wings that simply were not stressed with any excessive G-forces from > the requested pullup. > > I have friends who are Boeing engineers. Boeing's policy is that if > you're going to have a human pilot in the hot seat, you should trust him > when the chips are down. This makes for more impressive crashes when > less than well-trained pilots are flying the planes, but fewer crashes > when you've got good piloting. How do you decide when the chips are down? I'd like to see the statistics you are quoting. -- Rick C
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QF72 story - wow Clifford Heath <clifford.heath@gmail.com> - 2017-05-14 22:03 +1000
Re: QF72 story - wow BM2335 <BM265@DMM.com.au> - 2017-05-15 12:25 +0800
Re: QF72 story - wow Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com> - 2017-05-15 16:05 +0300
Re: QF72 story - wow Reinhardt Behm <rbehm@hushmail.com> - 2017-05-15 21:58 +0800
Re: QF72 story - wow David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-05-15 16:48 +0200
Re: QF72 story - wow Reinhardt Behm <rbehm@hushmail.com> - 2017-05-15 23:34 +0800
Re: QF72 story - wow Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-05-15 18:00 +0100
Re: QF72 story - wow Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-05-15 17:49 -0500
Re: QF72 story - wow David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-05-16 09:06 +0200
Re: QF72 story - wow upsidedown@downunder.com - 2017-05-16 19:46 +0300
Re: QF72 story - wow rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-16 10:41 -0400
Re: QF72 story - wow Reinhardt Behm <rbehm@hushmail.com> - 2017-05-17 23:13 +0800
Re: QF72 story - wow rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-17 11:54 -0400
Re: QF72 story - wow Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com> - 2017-05-17 21:43 +0300
Re: QF72 story - wow rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-17 16:03 -0400
Re: QF72 story - wow Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com> - 2017-05-18 00:27 +0300
Re: QF72 story - wow rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-17 19:56 -0400
Re: QF72 story - wow upsidedown@downunder.com - 2017-05-16 19:30 +0300
Re: QF72 story - wow Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-05-16 23:05 -0500
Re: QF72 story - wow Reinhardt Behm <rbehm@hushmail.com> - 2017-05-17 23:05 +0800
Re: QF72 story - wow rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-16 10:25 -0400
Re: QF72 story - wow Przemek Klosowski <przemek@tux.dot.org> - 2017-05-18 12:45 +0000
Re: QF72 story - wow upsidedown@downunder.com - 2017-05-16 19:10 +0300
Re: QF72 story - wow Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com> - 2017-05-16 19:48 +0300
Re: QF72 story - wow lasselangwadtchristensen@gmail.com - 2017-05-19 17:40 -0700
Re: QF72 story - wow Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> - 2017-05-15 12:34 -0500
Re: QF72 story - wow Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-05-15 17:21 -0500
Re: QF72 story - wow rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-16 10:47 -0400
Re: QF72 story - wow Jan Coombs <jenfhaomndgfwutc@murmic.plus.com> - 2017-05-17 10:31 +0100
Re: QF72 story - wow Reinhardt Behm <rbehm@hushmail.com> - 2017-05-17 22:20 +0800
Re: QF72 story - wow rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-17 10:36 -0400
Re: QF72 story - wow George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net> - 2017-05-15 17:28 -0400
Re: QF72 story - wow Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-05-15 17:22 -0500
Re: QF72 story - wow Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com> - 2017-05-16 10:51 +0300
Re: QF72 story - wow Clifford Heath <clifford.heath@gmail.com> - 2017-05-16 18:01 +1000
Re: QF72 story - wow upsidedown@downunder.com - 2017-05-16 18:54 +0300
Re: QF72 story - wow Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-05-16 23:23 -0500
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