On 1/06/2016 4:24 PM, Frank O'Connor wrote: > Actually, commercial aeroplanes have pretty much been fully automated. You > can enter coordinates/destinations/flight plans into the modern autopilot and > the plane will take off, fly to the destination and land without any human > intervention at all. I’m not too sure about the taxiing, but everything about > the flying can effectively occur without any intervention from the pilot.
But the pilot can still take over if necessary. And (s)he has to undergo lots of training/assessment every year to keep their skills up. A problem created by the solution. >> And changing technology can be much harder than changing human behaviour >> - given the right incentives. I wasn't referring to long term behavioural changes, I was talking about instant change of behaviour in rapidly changing, unexpected or unplanned circumstances. > I did Honours level Psychology, amongst other things, during my academic > career ... (That said, I’ve been a grumpy old anthropomorphic bastard for > years … so my views on automation may be coloured by my dislike of my fellow > Man.) My MEng and PhD were in Control Engineering - you know, what people study if they want to learn about control systems and automation. I know what can go wrong and how hard it is to predict the use of technology. As an engineer I'm naturally cautious; I prefer evidence that things will work, not hope and guesswork. -- Regards brd Bernard Robertson-Dunn Sydney Australia email: [email protected] web: www.drbrd.com web: www.problemsfirst.com Blog: www.problemsfirst.com/blog _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
