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Originally Posted by daveshookme
Yeah, I just realized I got confused.
Either way, it ain't happening bc of money. And, well, logistics too. You'd have to wear a pressurized suit and helmet/mask too, and when a pilot ejects out of an aircraft it basically breaks their body. No way an airline is opening themselves up for that kind of responsibility.
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ahh ok. i was trying to figure out if i was missing something. i read the article twice and was still
about what that had to do with anything
but ya, it would be a nightmare trying to make that financially feasible. and imagine the computer malfunctioning when landing and it freaks out because the plane is too close to the ground and it blows the top off and 150 people come parachuting down like 1/2 mile from the runway, scattered all over the place
i still think planes being able to recognize their surroundings like cars do is possible. with stuff like google earth, gps systems, and all this other topographical information, im sure there is some way they can program the plane to recognize where it is in the world and what the landscape is like. if it knows that there are 15,000 ft mountains coming up in 10 miles and its only at 10,000 ft, it needs to climb no matter what the pilot wants to do.