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The Vigilante and the Air Traffic Controller

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

NOTE

Trust your Instruments.

To make it less likely for screw ups to occur and to minimize tragic consequences when they do, it is essential to trust automated systems like T-Casts. In a scenario where a pilot is faced with conflicting instructions from an air traffic controller and T-Casts, the pilot should listen to T-Casts. This is because T-Casts, being an automated system, is more likely to have the latest information and provide quick and appropriate instructions, especially in critical situations where two planes are heading straight towards each other and there is limited time to keep them apart.

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