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The Deaf vs. The Colorblind
If one thinks about such things, there is no reason that either
hearing or the ability to perceive red from green are really required intrinsically to fly an airplane. But in one way the two groups have a conflict. Tower signal lights are used for signalling aircraft that are NORDO, having red and green lights. These are the very colors not separable by victims of the most common type of colorblindness. Retiring the signal lights would be beneficial to the colorblind, but devastating to the deaf. In the modern digital world, neither audio nor colored lights provide optimum interface with ATC. Each aircraft could be equipped with a data link, and in nonaviation quantities very cheaply. However, everything in a light aircraft costs stupid money because of the usual reasons and really because pilots will pay it or not fly. |
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