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Old May 31, 2011 | 12:53 pm
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Originally Posted by NickHR
Whether this particular allegation about hand-written ledgers is true or not (I have no idea) is almost immaterial. It has got to the stage now where people consider almost anything about AI to be plausible. That is a bad place to be, not only for AI, but also prospective business partners such as *A. This is sad, as India's a big gap for *A and others, but true.
The NY Times has also reported on safety concerns at the airline, noting that pilots will sometimes cover the cockpit windows with newspaper to keep out sunlight; pilots are frequently found smoking in the cockpit; cockpit doors are frequently left unlocked; and captains will leave the cockpit for long stretches of time.
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