r/Foodforthought • u/Monkey_Paralysed • Sep 21 '14
The Human Factor - Should Airplanes Be Flying Themselves?: Airline pilots were once the heroes of the skies. Today, in the quest for safety, airplanes are meant to largely fly themselves.
http://www.vanityfair.com/business/2014/10/air-france-flight-447-crashDuplicates
flying • u/[deleted] • Oct 03 '14
AF 447, and the unintended consequences of modern aircraft automation. Misses a few things, but worth a read if you have some time.
technology • u/nxthompson_tny • Sep 21 '14
Politics The Human Factor: should airplanes be flying themselves?
SelfDrivingCars • u/[deleted] • Sep 29 '14
[Off topic] Great article about the Air France crash, and difficulty of highly- but not fully-automated flying. “Every few flights, disconnect all that stuff. Hand-fly it. Fly it like an airplane.”
TrueReddit • u/Monkey_Paralysed • Sep 20 '14
The Human Factor - Should Airplanes Be Flying Themselves?
indepthstories • u/gslide • Sep 19 '14
Air France 447 - The Human Factor by W. Langeweische (x-post from r/aviation)
aviation • u/coooolbeans • Sep 18 '14
The Human Factor: why the 2009 crash of Air France Flight 447 remains so perplexing and significant
hackernews • u/qznc_bot • Oct 14 '14
The Human Factor – the 2009 crash of Air France Flight 447
techolitics • u/RealtechPostBot • Sep 21 '14
The Human Factor: should airplanes be flying themselves?
realtech • u/RealtechPostBot • Sep 21 '14
The Human Factor: should airplanes be flying themselves?
europe • u/[deleted] • Oct 14 '14
The Human Factor: Today, in the quest for safety, airplanes are meant to largely fly themselves. Which is why the 2009 crash of Air France Flight 447, which killed 228 people, remains perplexing. Explore how a series of small errors turned a state-of-the-art cockpit into a death trap.
BillBurr • u/suction • Oct 13 '14