06-17-2009, 06:20 PM
I don't think that trains will be totally crew less. It'd be hard for a dispatcher to make an emergency stop from a thousand miles away(As if its easier with someone in the cab). I don't think the government will allow a total autonomous of trains, and public out cry would prevent it from happening. Though the technology is here and now, the human factor will never go away. Even deep space probes, need the human touch, and supervision.
When I was going to A&P(Airframe and Power plant) school, thirty years ago, airliners could be taken off, fly, and land, all by a computer program.(We see that today in the UCAS aircraft the military uses) The pilots are just baby sitters, and after what happen back in January in New York, I'm sure there are 151 people glad there was someone sitting in the front seat.
When I was going to A&P(Airframe and Power plant) school, thirty years ago, airliners could be taken off, fly, and land, all by a computer program.(We see that today in the UCAS aircraft the military uses) The pilots are just baby sitters, and after what happen back in January in New York, I'm sure there are 151 people glad there was someone sitting in the front seat.
Torrington, Ct.
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I went to my Happy Place, but it was closed for renovations.
NARA Member #87
I went to my Happy Place, but it was closed for renovations.