"FLY135" fly_135(@ hot not not)notmail.com wrote in message
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"Blue" wrote in message
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I am referring to the complete taking away of control from the cockpit,
i.e., NO cockpit override of control surfaces, engine controls, gear
control. No one in the cockpit could have any control whatsoever over
the
plane, including the decision to relinquish control.

The first to reply have been revealingly strident in their disagreement
to
discuss this question, even stating that it is "none of my business."
Nothing could be MORE of "my business," and everyone else in this
country
old enough to vote .

Freaking out about asking this question is ridiculous. I would imagine
that
every pilot out there would walk off the job if something like this was
implemented. I guess the people who suggest it have never heard of secure
cockpit doors with locks.



The more I think about this question, and it is certainly not a ridiculous
question, I recall Boeing doing tests on jets going back to the 707 days
with complete ground control via remote, so that they can crash test the
planes. So its been around and its been used and if it were implemented in
civil aircraft then it would be a bonus. Maybe it has been the cost factor
over the years why it hasnt been done, but I dont think it would be
technologically difficult to do it.

Bill