• Halcyon@discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 months ago

    Not an expert, but given the high numbers of planes simultaneously in the air, it’s critical to know high precision position data and not estimated numbers based on maps and manual triangulation with a calculator. That might have been viable decades ago, but the tightly scheduled flights nowadays operate with minimal intervals between the flights. Even if pilots still master the old craft of navigation, it is simply not practical in an overcrowded sky, where minimization of risks is paramount.