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Old 21st April 2021, 10:34   #7
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Originally Posted by SCP440 View Post
A friend who is a pilot for BA was telling me that the computers do most stuff on modern airlines but they must always have two people in the cockpit for when it goes wrong, not IF but WHEN. This automation has been around for a long time with aircraft and they still dont trust it 100%.
Boeing 737 Max is a case in point. Usually it is firmware or software rather than hardware.

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