We could, but it's also logical to keep the system we have since it's optimized specifically for aeronautical navigation.

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Wouldn't it be a minute of latitude anywhere? The length of latitude units don't change with position on Earth like longitude.

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Wouldn't this technically not be domestic if it's from a Russian air base to Norwegian sovereign territory? Antarctica isn't just one country.

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I see this logic applied to autonomous cars as well, but the fact that 88% of aviation accidents are caused by human error doesn't prove that autonomy will reduce accidents by 88%. The autonomous aircraft will just have different accidents, like the (semi-)autonomous cars on the road now.

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Level 4 and 5 as defined by SAE are most certainly not here, and that's the image people have when referring to cars as "autonomous".

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Actually if it was to/from the Caribbean, it could have also been Air Canada or Air Jamaica. (The latter had a codeshare with DL IIRC.)

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Could have been an A330 since they're the same configuration (but only two engines). NW (now DL) and US Airways (now AA) both have them.

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Same here; fortunately many airlines still operate A330s with the same configuration.

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Spot on but for one detail... It was almost 40 years ago. :)

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Does the childish name-calling really add anything to the discussion? This used to be a professional-oriented forum...

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