"Eduardo Kaftanski" wrote in message ...
In article G4KJb.734217$Tr4.1964223@attbi_s03,
Jay Honeck wrote:
Geek meets pilot, slashdot.org has news that interest you:

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=0...thread&tid=126

I wonder how bullet-proof that system is? Can you imagine the consequences
of a malfunction?

I was just imagining a plane at its service ceiling being commanded
a pull up....

It would also be easily defeated. Light aircraft aren't fly-by-wire.