<p>Guest commercial pilot and author Jack Hersch talks about his 2020 book, “The Dangers of Automation in Airliners:  Accidents Waiting to Happen.”  It’s both a fascinating and harrowing read but prompts questions and nagging issues that the aviation industry needs to continue to address.</p>

Guest commercial pilot and author Jack Hersch talks about his 2020 book, “The Dangers of Automation in Airliners: Accidents Waiting to Happen.” It’s both a fascinating and harrowing read but prompts questions and nagging issues that the aviation industry needs to continue to address.

<p>Guest commercial pilot and author Jack Hersch talks about his 2020 book, “The Dangers of Automation in Airliners: &nbsp;Accidents Waiting to Happen.”&nbsp; It’s both a fascinating and harrowing read but prompts questions and nagging issues that the aviation industry needs to continue to address.</p>

Episode 49 --- The Dangerous Downside of Airliner Automation

Cosmic Controversy covers past and present issues in aerospace and astronomy with your host --- science journalist, Forbes contributor and ”Distant Wanderers:  The Search for Planets Beyond the Solar System” author Bruce Dorminey.

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Cosmic Controversy covers past and present issues in aerospace and astronomy with your host --- science journalist, Forbes contributor and ”Distant Wanderers: The Search for Planets Beyond the Solar System” author Bruce Dorminey.

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