Digital ATC Towers // Airport Control Towers

[Tex Koder]

I can see it as a benefit as a supplement to actual Air Traffic Control towers..

But to have these things Underground or Miles away from the actual airport.. I don't know if that's a good idea...

Cause as soon as power is lost (even for a couple of minutes**) or some sort of system glitch or cyber attack.. Then what?
How are air traffic controllers going see the airplaneS or "monitor" the surrounding traffic??





**Especially when there's Already planes on approach for landing
Or taking off...

 

[Dan B.]

I can see it as a benefit as a supplement to actual Air Traffic Control towers..

But to have these things Underground or Miles away from the actual airport.. I don't know if that's a good idea...

Cause as soon as power is lost (even for a couple of minutes**) or some sort of system glitch or cyber attack.. Then what?
How are air traffic controllers going see the airplaneS or "monitor" the surrounding traffic??





**Especially when there's Already planes on approach for landing
Or taking off...

Agreed. Even if the system works flawlessly there is no substitution for visual verification. Mistakes happen, and it’s really difficult to imagine that nobody would be on location to potentially circumvent a disaster.

 

[CrashBoom]

Cause as soon as power is lost (even for a couple of minutes**) or some sort of system glitch or cyber attack.. Then what?
How are air traffic controllers going see the airplaneS or "monitor" the surrounding traffic??

What happens today if power is lost on a foggy day? The airline industry is pretty meticulous about contingencies. There's probably a checklist somewhere that gives you the steps to take if Abraham Lincoln materializes on the right wing and gets his beard caught in the flaps.

 

[Tex Koder]

What happens today if power is lost on a foggy day? The airline industry is pretty meticulous about contingencies. There's probably a checklist somewhere that gives you the steps to take if Abraham Lincoln materializes on the right wing and gets his beard caught in the flaps.

I have no doubt.



Hopefully they're wise enough to use the A.i. that the Navy is using to auto-land on a carrier decks, in those X47B...

Then there'll be a little less worry about if planes can perform landing maneuvers -in Challenging environments.
Then it'll be okay of the control tower is located underground or elsewhere...
Maybe.