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Fly by Wire: The Geese, the Glide, the Miracle on the Hudson

by William Langewiesche

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Aviation’s shift from human control to automated systems

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    Described as “fascinating” by The New York Times

    The book is described as “fascinating” in praise attributed to The New York Times.

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Aviation’s shift from human control to automated systems

Using four decades of aviation history as its frame, Fly by Wire examines an industry reshaped by financial pressures, labor relations, and cockpit technology. William Langewiesche centers the tension between human judgment and increasingly capable automated systems, including fly-by-wire controls. The book considers how accidents can arise from human error and overconfidence even as aircraft technology advances, and it questions familiar ideas of pilot authority and heroism. At 208 pages, it offers a compact account of the forces that have changed modern commercial aviation.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in aviation history and airline safety
  • Those curious about automation and human decision-making
  • Readers seeking a concise look at the modern aviation industry

Themes

Aviation safetyAutomation and human errorFly-by-wire technologyAirline industry changeHuman authority and heroism

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Book overview

In Fly by Wire, one of America's greatest journalists takes us on a "fascinating" (The New York Times) and sometimes humorous journey into the rapidly changing aviation industry. Langewiesche concisely and artfully renders forty years of history in the field by examining the financial problems, the unions, and ultimately the recent advances in technology. And he finds that aviation safety is field in which machine has now surpassed man, but man still manages to find ways -- hubris, ineptitude -- to cause accidents. Advances such as fly by wire suggest that in some cases it may prove best to cede authority to the machines, even if it means questioning our assumptions about human beings and heroism in the process.

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