Re:Ask HN: Why do airlines still use "black boxes" ?
by alexgartrell on Wednesday June 03, 2009 @04:54PM
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The best reply I've ever seen on HN.
Redundancy is good, always. Especially when the cost is negligible compared to the lifetime operating expense of the machine and the costs from any misinformation regarding the last moments of a doomed flight (a Crash that is the Airline's fault mega-screws them in the wallet).
Redundancy is good, always. Especially when the cost is negligible compared to the lifetime operating expense of the machine and the costs from any misinformation regarding the last moments of a doomed flight (a Crash that is the Airline's fault mega-screws them in the wallet).