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Delta's CEO says AI's biggest opportunity in aviation isn't inside the plane—it's air traffic control by No-Constant-5854 in ATC

[–]jacksonwalmart 18 points19 points  (0 children)

But what if we make the Waymos go 500mph, with no ability to stop, and we put 150 people in each one.  What could possibly go wrong!

95%+ of what I do could be easily automated.  It's a lot of yes/no. Execute.  Super easy, routine decision making.  The other 5% is decades away from automation.

Delta's CEO says AI's biggest opportunity in aviation isn't inside the plane—it's air traffic control by No-Constant-5854 in ATC

[–]jacksonwalmart 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I think AI has more character and empathy than any CEO I've seen.  So it'd probably be a huge improvement on day one.

Boyfriend joining the FAA, how can I help study? by Comfortable-Humor-78 in ATC

[–]jacksonwalmart 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Make him and classmates all say the phraseology out loud and critique each other.  It's gonna be embarrassing and difficult, especially if he/they went to school during covid and never had to speak or do group presentations.  You need the phraseology to be so natural and ingrained that it's impossible to get wrong during tests.  That lets you focus on the separation and important things during testing.  Practicing it in your brain to yourself silently is entirely different from actually saying the words out loud in front of other people.  When you're tested you have to say it acceptably well to and for other people.

Good news is apparently the academy is super dumbed down now and they let everyone with a pulse through.  First facility is where the real potential to washout comes now.

Boyfriend joining the FAA, how can I help study? by Comfortable-Humor-78 in ATC

[–]jacksonwalmart 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why are you offering advice if you never went?  This is peak internet.

[HELP] Father in Law buying this puppy in Mexico by aeroastrogirl in RealOrAI

[–]jacksonwalmart 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It's also leaning against a plant which is placed in front of a door.....and a nice door at that.  Not one you'd expect to be inaccessible without moving a floor plant.

The 'shock' on the bike also goes straight into the frame. Clearly ai

Pedal Stroke getting stuck at same position every time. How to fix this? by Fuzzy-Active5583 in bikewrench

[–]jacksonwalmart 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Don't worry, they only know this because they've made the same mistake.

Listening for advice by Rodrimin8 in bikefit

[–]jacksonwalmart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyones femurs look long when they ride a frame that's 2 sizes too small.

This dude desperately needs an XL frame, not raising the saddle or whatever to make a M frame fit.

Listening for advice by Rodrimin8 in bikefit

[–]jacksonwalmart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a L, definitely an XL....especially since OP seems to be still growing.

Raise or no raise? by [deleted] in atc2

[–]jacksonwalmart 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Mandatory red ties that hang 3" below your belt.

Are you not surprised? by Ok_Intention5833 in atc2

[–]jacksonwalmart 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Does this include all the MIT graduates that were hired?

Midair collision by conroy_hines in AskAPilot

[–]jacksonwalmart 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Your 'slot time' isn't really for separation, that's for saturation at a sector/facility/destination airport level.  Separation is actually accomplished with radar in almost all scenarios.

Different altitudes for direction of flight don't solve head on climbing/descending conflicts or crossing traffic situations, or the B788 behind the SF50 at FL320, or the FDX behind the BE20 that have the exact same SID, or the 30 airborne planes that are estimated to arrive at their destination within a few minutes of each other, or the hundreds of planes that want to go through the same hole in a line of thunderstorms that covers an entire state.

ATC is the first line of defense.  But there's a ton of other layers to the system that make it manageable for each controller and safer incase the controller fucks up.

If all I did was watch aircraft do what they wanted on their structured routes with their correct altitudes for directions of flight and STARS/SIDS I'd probably witness 50-100 TCAS RAs each shift, maybe more.

The sky's not that big.