Tamayco DeHart

A member of the Philip Greenspun's Homepage community since December 8, 2008

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December 8, 2008, on Ground Monitoring for Part 91 Operations:
Making private flights safer should be a priority for all. Although it may seem intrusive to some to have a person on the ground monitoring the flight, if this idea saves lives - it's worth the effort. I personally don't see the intrusiveness, and if your able to opt out, opt out. I think having several alternatives for pilots to choose from would be handy. You could have the ground monitoring for a fee, say a flat rate per flight based on destination or estimated time to destination (for privacy). You could have the co-pilot option (which to me seems more intrusive)for riskier flights or less experienced pilots, and then you could have a simulator, built in to the existing cockpit or as an add-on like my husbands GPS and various monitoring equip. on his boat. This third option could be a virtual co-pilot which makes recommendations based on what is relayed from the planes computer system and other functioning monitoring devices. It could be generic, or able to integrate seamlessly - no...