have them. the progression of radar. radar is now almost obsolete because it can only see out to about 200 miles. primary and secondary radar that used transpoureders. automated surveillance broadcast system is coming in to replace radar and be able to track these airlines around the world. now we re only just talking about being able to track an airliner across ocean flights. that s only happening right now. when we re looking at completely removing pilots from the cockpit, we re talking 20, 30, 40 years down range. the other aspect is automatic systems are great up till the point something goes wrong. i don t believe we have the systems that can indicator for every single eventuality. air france 447 is a classic example. the pitot tube iced over and there was all sorts of rememberious readings in the cockpit. would the automated systems have been able to detect what mother nature was throwing at it, override the system and do it. humans couldn t.
have them. the progression of radar. radar is now almost obsolete because it can only see out to about 200 miles. primary and secondary radar that used transpoureders. automated surveillance broadcast system is coming in to replace radar and be able to track these airlines around the world. now we re only just talking about being able to track an airliner across ocean flights. that s only happening right now. when we re looking at completely removing pilots from the cockpit, we re talking 20 30 40 years down range. the other aspect is automatic systems are great up till the point something goes wrong. i don t believe we have the systems that can indicator for every single eventuality. air france 447 is a classic example. the pid doe tube iced over and there was all sorts of rememberious readings in the cockpit. would the automated systems have been able to detect what mother nature was throwing at it, override the system and do it.