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Re:FedEx feeder plane takes flight without pilot in test for... by ayyyolo on Monday August 31, 2020 @05:11PM (#24336006)
This is a great take.

The more we reduce the human survival instinct around these jobs, the better we'll all be.

Humans do dumb shit when we're flooded with chemicals, both internal and external.

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Re:FedEx feeder plane takes flight without pilot in test for... by pbhjpbhj on Monday August 31, 2020 @05:41PM (#24336213)
Computers do some pretty "dumb shit" when they're flooded with data and running bad algorithms. I mean 737MAX didn't need a pilot error in order to do something critically bad.
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Re:FedEx feeder plane takes flight without pilot in test for... by lawlessone on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @07:52AM (#24340769)
To be fair.. the computer in the 737max was being used to patch over the 737max being bad at flying.
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Re:FedEx feeder plane takes flight without pilot in test for... by andoriyu on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @03:29PM (#24345946)
Not bad at flying, but flying not like other 737. Which would have required retraining, which is a hard sell.
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