tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post7350139021337806423..comments2024-03-29T05:35:38.965-04:00Comments on HMS Defiant: TIP OF THE SPEARHMS Defianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post-11871748869380888742015-10-27T18:52:50.579-04:002015-10-27T18:52:50.579-04:00I remember. I'm not sure if that was the site ...I remember. I'm not sure if that was the site where various commenters talked about different law taking effect based on the control systems 'understanding' of the situation.<br />I do see that the tragic loss of a passenger air craft taking off in Asia was due to the pilot shutting down the wrong engine for a simple engine fire warning light. He had one thing to do and he did it wrong.<br />I ride the trains at Dulles and DFW but I'm not riding in a plane that doesn't have a human at the controls. However bad they get, they usually do the job right unless they're feeling suicidal.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post-16498054992190499302015-10-27T15:21:40.842-04:002015-10-27T15:21:40.842-04:00More evidence that basic seamanship skills are bei...More evidence that basic seamanship skills are being lost at an astonishing rate due to dependence on automated systems. The computer-driven control systems used by most major airlines are another case in point and have been implicated in several of the worlds worst crashes in the last twenty years. A lot of discussion about this took place at Lexs place at the time of the Air France .Rio to Europe South Atlantic loss, remember?virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.com