A man can dream
I’m not gonna lie, these features Chuck wishes he had, are super nice. I have spent the first 30 years of my aviation career without them. I didn’t know what I was missing! Now that I get to use all of this, I feel there is no going back, lol. It is amazing how quickly you get used to all this cool technology. I love having an auto pilot, auto throttles and a flight director! Maybe in my younger days I would have opted out of all the automation, because I “wanted to fly”, but as I am getting older, I really appreciate the computer helping me out a little. Maybe even more so because I have gone so long without any of these conveniences. And on top of that, it still fascinates me what all these modern planes can do and I enjow watching the plane do it.
I would be careful though getting any of this into Chucks hands. He might just be the poster boy for complacency and that is a big threat with automation. Maybe it’s best we let him dream on for a little while longer. What do you guys think?
Mike
Winebago had to ament their brochure after an owner left the vehicle on “autopilot”, and went into the kitchen to make some coffee whilst the vehicle was in motion. Need I say more, or to even mention Tesla Cars?
Mo
Hey Mike, from your latest posts I understand that you have switched from rotary to fixed wing?
Anyone else have trouble with the “random” link? Once it goes to a specific comic, it returns only to that comic. I just tried it in Firefox, Chrome, and Opera, with the same results.
Thanks for the heads up, Dave. I just checked and in Chrome it works just fine. In Safari it doesn’t … I’ll look into that, but since I’m no website wizard it may take a while…
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2675:_Pilot_Priority_List
is something pilots might like…
@DeanRW: Yes. I have decided after 20 years of helicopters and fire, that it is time to do something else (long story). Really enjoy flying jets…
Congrats for your career, Mike. I guess from now on we’ll see some jet-related work from the Strasser Brothers. Maybe Chuck is even going to fly jets, before completing (or complicating?) his Corsair project. By the way, Chicken Wings strips have been particularly good recently. Can’t wait for the next book. 🙂