January 4th 04, 09:57 PM
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In article ,
(JEP) writes:
Answer the question asked...The question is, for those that need
clarity: IF someone became a General or Extra with NO
code skills, and then decided to learn code on-the-air, what's
the harm, danger, etc?
So lets see here. If the new jet airliners will fly and land
themselves, the persons that occupy the cockpit don't really need to
learn to fly. Makes perfect sense. They don't need to learn to fly
because the computer does it for them.
For that matter, why would you need people in the cockpit at all?
This isn't as far fetched as it sounds. More than 25 years ago, the BART
(transit) system in the SF area was designed to run without drivers. A lot of
basic things were (re)learned at great expense in the process....
Most of today's radio communication systems are designed to work without radio
operators. That's why MF CW on ships was replaced with the GMDRSS (or whatever
it's called) system.
73 de Jim, N2EY
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