Something occurred to me
So... we have learned that the plane that crashed into the helicopter, that only had 30 seconds to respond, happened when an air traffic controller was working in two positions at once.
Which, in turn, was because Trump disobeyed a direct Congressional order requiring him to hire the maximum number of air traffic controllers.
Trump responded by saying the person responsible was a DEI hire. The person responsible, of course is Trump.
This is a remarkable level of self awareness on his part, one I did not think he was capable of.
Walter Vermeir
in reply to Jessica Pennell • •While the Trump angle is interesting from a political and 'who to blame' point of view I am most amazed that something like this could happen from a technical point of view.
We have two Identified Flying Objects in one of the most sensitive airspace in the world.
Two flying computers who's exact location in 3D-space and heading must have been know. And somehow they manage to collide. In 2025.
That should not have been possible.
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in reply to Jessica Pennell • •I do realize this is a politically charged situation. Nonetheless, the reason this happened from a quality assurance perspective is because of understaffing and that problem cannot be resolved at all without, at the point we are now, addressing the humans and chains of command that directly caused this. It is not political charlatinism though I see how you could come to that conclusion. It is instead, completely unavoidable if we want to address the underlying problem.
I suspect you did not know the situation fully before replying to me?
Walter Vermeir
in reply to Jessica Pennell • •Thanks for the link, I indeed not knew the situation.
Reply was purely from a technical point of view.
We have two objects who's computers (should be) are aware of each others position. And the impending collision probability on the given heading at any time.
New cars (at least in some markets) are mandatory equipped with an automated emergency braking system . A fairly primitive but obvious system to a) give a warning to the driver b) brakes if no action is taken. This when the car detects an imminent collision.
It is that aspect that amazes me. Those pilots where waiting to instructions from flight control. Like the should be doing. But humans fail.
I would think and expect that the onboard systems of modern aircraft warn pilots they are on a fatal heading. At least warn. Maybe automatically override and automatically adjust to avoid.
The article says that in a Class A airspace pilots must follow air traffic instructions to the letter. Except in an emergency situation.
It seems like while despite all the data and technology availa
... show moreThanks for the link, I indeed not knew the situation.
Reply was purely from a technical point of view.
We have two objects who's computers (should be) are aware of each others position. And the impending collision probability on the given heading at any time.
New cars (at least in some markets) are mandatory equipped with an automated emergency braking system . A fairly primitive but obvious system to a) give a warning to the driver b) brakes if no action is taken. This when the car detects an imminent collision.
It is that aspect that amazes me. Those pilots where waiting to instructions from flight control. Like the should be doing. But humans fail.
I would think and expect that the onboard systems of modern aircraft warn pilots they are on a fatal heading. At least warn. Maybe automatically override and automatically adjust to avoid.
The article says that in a Class A airspace pilots must follow air traffic instructions to the letter. Except in an emergency situation.
It seems like while despite all the data and technology available nothing is in place to act on that data. What I find very strange.
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