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"What's It Doing Now?" Why Pilots Know How to Talk to Autopilots
Recently, I listened to a podcast where the author proposed not being "kind" to AI. Full post here: https://wng.org/opinions/be-inconsiderate-to-ai-1762216164 The premise is that we are humanizing AI, and that's not a good thing. This reminded me of how often I've heard pilots say, "What's it doing now?" when referring to the autopilot. This phrase is commonly heard on cockpit voice recorders - sometimes just before an accident/incident. It's been uttered in the flight deck
Laura Laster
Nov 62 min read


How Your Choice of Flight Training Programs Affects Your Future
If you read about getting the coveted Restricted Airline Transport Pilot (R-ATP) certificate, you would think it was fairly...
Laura Laster
Oct 18, 20183 min read


Pan Am's first female jet dispatcher
It was the 1950s, and Irene Keith just wanted a job as a dispatcher at Pan American World Airways. The world of chain-smoking men hunched...
Laura Laster
Oct 13, 20182 min read


I found the first female dispatcher!
Welcome to my new blog! I am starting off the blog with a series seeking to answer the question: Who was the first female aircraft...
Laura Laster
Oct 2, 20183 min read
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