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The Crash of Air France 447 and what it has to tell us about flight automation.
“To put it briefly, automation has made it more and more unlikely that ordinary airline pilots will ever have to face a raw crisis in flight—but also more and more unlikely that they will be able to cope with such a crisis if one arises.”
(For any pilot types reading this, yes, it’s THAT Langewiesche.)
Long, and about five years old; I found it worth it.
“To put it briefly, automation has made it more and more unlikely that ordinary airline pilots will ever have to face a raw crisis in flight—but also more and more unlikely that they will be able to cope with such a crisis if one arises.”
(For any pilot types reading this, yes, it’s THAT Langewiesche.)
Long, and about five years old; I found it worth it.