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The Vigilante and the Air Traffic Controller
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
The Importance of Paying Attention
The radar screens no longer display a scale and Nielsen has to monitor two screens which use different scales. Without the visual aid, there's more risk of misperceiving how far apart planes are. The short-term conflict alert system is partly disengaged. Normally, this system shows a warning on the radar screen with two minutes notice if planes are on course to pass within a few miles of each other. Now, they'll just be an audible alarm if a collision is much more imminent.
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