2006-09-06 03:58:22 · 4 answers · asked by jefftoom1 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Other - Electronics
Honeywell has designed a software system that might have prevented the recent Comair crash. It's just that the software isn't installed on many planes, due to its $18,000 price tag. Even if it was mandatory on planes, it still requires that the pilots pay attention to the warnings and make corrections, so it's not completely foolproof.
See the article below for details on the system:
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060829/NEWS0104/608290395/1008/NEWS01
2006-09-06 04:09:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Fool proof systems fail to take into account the ingenuity of fools."
Also, the expense to impliment this would be enormous, and compared to the cost of improving current systems, is seriously not worth it. As it stands right now, with no improvments the current system works 99.9...% of the time. (I don't know exact numbers, but there are thousands of flights per day and accidents like the one you are talking about happen less often than once a month on average.)
This doesn't mean there isn't room for improvement, but creating an entirely new system of air traffic control and implimenting it isn't a financially sound idea.
2006-09-06 11:10:52 · answer #2 · answered by John J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why can't people just use their head, slow down just a minute and do things right? There is NO reason why a pilot and air traffic control personnel can't keep something like this from happening. It's just plain lack of giving a crap about anyone but themselves.
WHERE is John Galt?
2006-09-06 11:08:48 · answer #3 · answered by freaking_morons_ugh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because if you make something more fool proof the world makes a better fool
2006-09-06 11:04:29 · answer #4 · answered by dachshund_lord 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋