On Thursday, 8 September 2016 9:12:10 AM AEST Rick Moen via luv-talk wrote:
o AirAsia says 'Hullo' to Melbourne: http://time.com/4483384/airasia-plane-malaysia-melbourne-sydney-gps/ _There's_ a captain who's going to spend the rest of his career farming rice.
Looks like a software error should take most of the blame. Getting a single digit wrong happens regularly, software should be able to handle that. It should verify the data entered and give reasonable opportunities to correct errors, even after the flight has started. I know that lots of planes are old, a 50 year service life isn't uncommon. But updating the electronics is a fairly standard change. Maybe we should ban planes that are too outdated from landing at Australian commercial airports. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/