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Re:Near mid-air collision at LAX between American Airlines a... by tekla on Saturday November 08, 2025 @04:20PM (#45860101)
Seems to work pretty well most of the time w/ souls involved. Works better than most websites on hard lines.
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Re:Near mid-air collision at LAX between American Airlines a... by lysace on Saturday November 08, 2025 @04:26PM (#45860165)
The canonical counter-example against voice/audio:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NDqZy4deDI

JFK controller tries to communicate with Air China 981

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Re:Near mid-air collision at LAX between American Airlines a... by ryandrake on Saturday November 08, 2025 @04:45PM (#45860342)
One of the YouTube commenters contributed some much-needed nuance. JFK Ground added to the confusion by repeatedly refusing to use standard phraseology, and failed to maintain professionalism, getting audibly angry and impatient. Both sides of the radio conversation had problems.
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Re:Near mid-air collision at LAX between American Airlines a... by lysace on Saturday November 08, 2025 @05:23PM (#45860593)
Exactly, voice comms has a large number of disadvantages. Thanks for expanding on the point I was making.
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Re:Near mid-air collision at LAX between American Airlines a... by tekla on Saturday November 08, 2025 @04:29PM (#45860200)
You mean a situation where a pilot who is supposed to know English in the parlance of global aviation lingo seems to be playing dumb?
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Re:Near mid-air collision at LAX between American Airlines a... by lysace on Saturday November 08, 2025 @04:32PM (#45860225)
That is a unique thought.
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Re:Near mid-air collision at LAX between American Airlines a... by tekla on Saturday November 08, 2025 @04:34PM (#45860253)
I'm assuming you don't listen to ATC traffic much, and have general HN assumption you just know better than everyone else.
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Re:Near mid-air collision at LAX between American Airlines a... by lysace on Saturday November 08, 2025 @04:48PM (#45860371)
Maybe assume less.
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