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Re:Lack of redundancies on Boeing 737 MAX baffles some invol... by netsharc on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @04:46AM (#19561813)
IMO pilots are there in case shit really hits the fan, or birds hit the turbofans: I doubt computers would be creative enough like Sullenberger and decide to land on a river.

And 2 pilots means 2 brains that can divide the workload...

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Re:Lack of redundancies on Boeing 737 MAX baffles some invol... by cm2187 on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @04:48AM (#19561820)
Fair point, but even then you could have a remote pilot telling the plane what to do with the automation executing the strategy (given the latency).
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Re:Lack of redundancies on Boeing 737 MAX baffles some invol... by jamesharding on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @05:42AM (#19562030)
If the remote ground-based pilot has the capability to take total control authority of the aircraft (which, after the GermanWings incident would seem to be a necessity), then the security implications are massive. Imagine a remote-control attack on an aircraft carrying 800+ passengers...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93U.S._RQ-170_incid...

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