Originally Posted by
DeafFlyer
I don't find that answer satisfying. I meant trained to make absolute sure they are headed for the correct runway.
They are. Sometimes human beings don't follow their training. The low number of landings on unintended runways vs total number of commercial flights shows that this is not a common mistake, but we are never going to completely eliminate human error in any human endeavor.
Last edited by I'mOffOne; Feb 17, 2014 at 9:12 am
Reason: makes more sense when I put in the verbs