News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:What really happened aboard Air France 447 by weaksauce on Wednesday December 07, 2011 @11:19PM (#3327647)
True. But, how would you want to handle the situation of two equally competent(at least in the eyes of the employer) co-pilots vying for control? should it always go to one? always go to the other? have a switch controlled? controlled by whom? not easy questions if you ask me.

edit: I actually can't think of a good way to do that other than have a manual switch on the console that would switch between the two controls. anything else seems amazingly bad.

Re:What really happened aboard Air France 447 by joshAg on Thursday December 08, 2011 @04:09AM (#3328371)
perhaps have the plane decide which input seems more rational, then announce who has control.
Re:What really happened aboard Air France 447 by einhverfr on Thursday December 08, 2011 @05:27AM (#3328547)
Sounds like a great way to further mess up an emergency by making it harder for people to figure out the impacts of their actions on the situation.