Re:American Airlines' Legendary Mechanic Passes Away at 100 ...
by Guthwine on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @11:30AM
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This seems like a fast-track to making airline mechanics a minimum-wage, any-guy-off-the-street kind of job, which is not who I want touching the plane I'm flying in.
There needs to be SOME accountability. "Oh, but my glasses told me to unscrew this bolt, I was just following orders." is not how I want the future to be.
Re:American Airlines' Legendary Mechanic Passes Away at 100 ...
by quickthrowman on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @10:41AM
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I’ve had the same thought re: AR glasses with a HUD for mechanics/construction workers, there are a lot of cool possibilities.
Re:American Airlines' Legendary Mechanic Passes Away at 100 ...
by realo on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @11:19AM
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Yeah ... then you can have basically anyone off the street do the job. A great opportunity to pay your jumbo jet mechanics less than taxi drivers.
I guess it would explain those small insignificant issues, however:
https://viewfromthewing.com/ntsb-report-confirms-the-unravel...
Re:American Airlines' Legendary Mechanic Passes Away at 100 ...
by dam_jackalopes on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @11:24AM
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We worked on a proof of concept using HoloLens for an engine teardown team at a trucking OEM. Ran into issues around network, security, the Hololens itself and a general disinterest from the teardown team but there's a lot of room to run in this space. It was a fun, if frustrating, project.
Augmented reality glasses, coupled with an AI that can interpret vision would seem to be useful here then.