vxbush 11/9/2026 8:28:39 AM

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JCM, did you see this story? America’s First Digital Control Towers Are Online. Human Controllers Still Run the Show.

While this is good to see, I still think the folks doing this work should be in towers that can see all around the airport. One downed power line that lasts too long and the backup power supplies run out of diesel, and .....

vxbush 11/9/2026 8:30:24 AM

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JCM 11/9/2026 10:06:52 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 1:

I saw that in the news. Not sure about it. It looked like in some of the images their was redundancy, multiple cameras, I would assume on completely different systems and power supplies.

I like the sensor fusion part of the system. Overlaying multiple sensor inputs, and data onto the screen.

That said I think still having people in the tower with windows is a good idea as the backup to all the tech.

JCM 11/9/2026 10:14:15 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 2:

He and Swalwell should have lunch and compare notes.

Idiot.