Aviation Psychology

Air France 447: Live Special Investigation

John T. Halliday | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cognitive Overload, Air France 447, Airbus a330, Cockpit Computer Crashes, Computer Designs, Aviation Psychology, Quantas 72, Airbus a340, Quantas 71, Scarebus, Technology News
John T. Halliday

Dumb airplane computers down, and let pilots be pilots. Or trust your family's lives to mutinous electrons over human neurons.

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HAL -- The Cockpit Serial Killer

John T. Halliday | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Confusing Automation, Air France 447, Murder by Computer, Terrorism, Electronic Mutiny, 2001: A Space Odyssey, 9/11, Quantas 72, Hal, Aviation Psychology, Airbus Planes., Cockpit Computers, Mohammed Atta, Computercide, World News
John T. Halliday

Let's shift the balance of power in the cockpit back to humans. As MIT's R. John Hansman explains, "Less is more." Dumb cockpit computers down; let pilots be pilots

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