Originally Posted by
OKCTalker
Dismayed - accept SkyWest's assertion that you don't know what you're talking about. I'll +1 his remark, but from the other side of the radio. I'm a pilot, and he has a fantastic grasp of what controllers do. I'll boil down why we need human controllers in a world of GPS and TCAS: Aircraft separation. If there's nobody controlling aircraft, then the world becomes one big uncontrolled airport environment, and I can envision this as the outcome (weather is 500' overcast, 2 miles visibility, winds 180 at 10):
SW1234: "Will Rogers traffic, Southwest 1234 10 miles northeast out of 3,000, inbound on the RVAV (GPS) RWY 17R. Any traffic please advise."
AA5678: "Ah, Southwest, American 5678, we're 10 miles to the northwest with localizer intercept for the ILS RWY 17L."
You're looking at a crash three minutes before impact over I-40 & Meridian that will kill hundreds of people.
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