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Future of Electronics In Aviation
On Jun 20, 8:27*pm, wrote:
* Just a gimmick addict, I think you are. If you want to fly, fly. if you want to take pictures or listen to music or do a lot of other things that distract you from paying attention so that you don't collide with other airplanes or get lost on a cross-country, then find some other means of travel, like in an airliner. * * * Super-complex airplanes operated by computers that allow the dumbest and most inattentive people into the air are just a disaster waiting to happen, and they'd be so expensive that none of us would be flying if we had to buy them. We fly the airplanes we fly because we can afford them and because we want to FLY, not play with computers and pretend to be pilots. Piloting involves learning some challenging skills, which is why most of us do it. Restoring an old car or truck like I did also involves a wide range of skills, which is why I did it. I could go buy a new car that has so many safety gimmicks, like antiskid brakes, but that involves nothing more than spending money and there's absolutely no challenge to that. Besides, things like antskid brakes are well known to make dumber drivers who just stand on the brakes and trust the vehicle to prevent a skid into the snowbank, and soon enough that driver, because he no longer has to learn the feel of the surface, gets onto a slippery-enough surface that the system cannot save him and he crashes good and proper. Along the freeways here during snowstoms the vehicles in the ditch or upside- down are ALL newer cars and SUVs. The drivers of non-antiskid cars have to watch what they're doing and it makes them more aware of the conditions. Safety systems, indeed. Computers still cannot replace the human brain and won't be able to do all that that brain can do for a long time, if ever. * * * *So use your head. Go learn to fly and stop trolling just to infuriate us. We'll be asking how the lessons are going. I think you post gets at the root of the matter. I think many of the pilots who object to my point of view object on the grounds that you outline above. Essentially, flying is a hobby for them, and they take pleasure in the knobs, dials.... I think the day will come when the average person, one who is not inclined to do all the things that are required in 2008 to earn a PPL, will be allowed, and even encouraged, to get into the air, by all the federal agencies that matter, including the FAA. Then what? Will all the private pilots who like the feel of their Bravo demand that state-of-art state remain stagnant? Will you speak for those who might like a vehicle as outlined by NASA/ CAFE/PAV? If some organization is successful in building such a vehicle, one that relies mostly on computers, will you object? If the safety is not as dire as indicated in this thread, on what ground will you object? "Well, simply put Mr. Administrator, we do not like the idea of someone flying a vehicle that is insufficiently complex and has too few knobs and quite frankly is too cheap and does vibrate or make enough noise or does not overheat or require hangar space or uses fly- by-wire and has too much cockpit amusement and lends itself to highly- commoditized components... you see, there is a process that one must go throuhg, that requires years of hard work and financial investment...and these new guys are cheating..." None of these things have anything to do with technical feasibility. It has more to do with how currents pilots feel about aviation. At least it seems that way. -Le Chaud Lapin- |
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