Friday, December 02, 2011
Flight 447
It wasn't too long ago that I posted an article about the dangers of algorithms.
It is worrisome when we become so dependent on systems to provide the right answer that we lose the ability to manage things ourselves.
Of course, I guess that was said about the calculator...
It is worrisome when we become so dependent on systems to provide the right answer that we lose the ability to manage things ourselves.
Of course, I guess that was said about the calculator...
This posting by Paul Bertorelli at AVweb,com, discusses a book about the crash of Air France's Flight 447:
"Have we become so arrogant in the age of automation that, institutionally, we think it unnecessary to train people to actually hand fly on instruments? Are all Air France pilots so poorly trained, or was this crew simply an anomaly? And how about other airlines?"
