Comment on FAA launches flying taxi pilot program spanning 26 states
CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
This the same FAA that doesn’t have enough air traffic controllers to properly manage current aircraft for all airports and keep them from crashing? Or enough inspectors or whatever to ensure large planes used by hundreds of thousands of people an year are properly maintained and safe?
Spectacular idea to add another several thousand little high-tech high-fail flight pods to the mix!
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
How and why is it not mostly automated at this point, anyway?
CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Probably for a similar reason the IRS runs off COBOL.
Allergic to improvements if they require significant overhaul.