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Originally Posted by Gogar
Rather than all the conspiracy/terror theories and suggestions for Triple-armored padlocked security-clearance fingerprint double dead-man switches and remote-control robot future-planes,
I suggest that we consider the SCALE of this incident related to the amount of flights flown daily in the world, shake your head, and mourn for the victims and their families, and move on.
Psychological evaluations for pilots seems like a good idea though.
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Gogar is right, of course. This type of event is extremely rare. Its a good thing ATC folks aren't flying the planes
Computer-navigated Google cars have proven to be far, far safer than human driven cars. Its still early days and they are woking on things. Now Apple has joined the fray with its own project, and Google has too.
I think the best solution may be an automated flight deck, with 2 pilots still present, if needed. They should not have the ability to over-ride the plane's logic systems, unless approved by ATC somewhere, within a few seconds. The planes logic systems would be redundant by various means of streaming: local programming, satellite, etc, which all check against each other.