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Re:Jazz CRJ9 at New York on Mar 22nd 2026, collision with fi... by cyberax on Monday March 23, 2026 @05:45PM (#47495544)
> Imagine it were 90% automated.

It already is.

> Now imagine there's a 3 hour outage of the automated system.

Planes divert to another airport, passengers grumble, end of story. Airport closures can and do happen all the time for all kinds of reasons, including weather or equipment malfunctions.

Re:Jazz CRJ9 at New York on Mar 22nd 2026, collision with fi... by cj on Monday March 23, 2026 @05:50PM (#47495601)
Except when the system fails regionally.
Re:Jazz CRJ9 at New York on Mar 22nd 2026, collision with fi... by cyberax on Monday March 23, 2026 @06:01PM (#47495713)
Then all the takeoffs will be cancelled, immediately reducing the workload, and planes will be manually landed.