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London City is the first major airport to control air traffic via a digital tower
Tech is firmly ingrained in air travel. From biometric boarding gates to parallel reality displays that beam custom messages, the process of catching a flight has changed dramatically in the past couple of decades. Now, a major technological breakthrough has been announced in the operation and management of air travel. London City Airport has hailed itself as the world's first major international airport to be able to fully control air traffic using a digital tower. (www.engadget.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I bet there will be a spike in problems at that airport in he next few years. Or its network will go down or something. Something like that always happens when you put new technology to work.
Presumably, this is to save money (why else?) by having controllers handling multiple towers. Hmmm..., what could go wrong with that?
If all today's aviation systems were bound to fail, would you fly? Do you think that people who designed the system didn't think about links going down? What if power goes down in a regular tower? What if... what if... radar goes down in a busy terminal environment. That one I can answer having been there for quite a few years. But you don't really want to hear the answer...
When the system goes down, now what?! Just because you can doesn't mean you should. Fool-proof method would be to have people physically there and talking on a simple radio.
Why did they do this? Is it safer? Is it cheaper? What's their reasoning for this?
That was my thought too. They still have to pay staff no matter what the location.
None of you disappointed, especially the guy who thinks Tesla autopilot is more dangerous than a human driver.
I look forward to the day the entire aviation ecosystem is automated and human error is removed.
I'm sure that will enrage you old timers.