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Instead of movies and crappy games on those in-flight displays, they should just stream the view out the cockpit window. (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts
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Like, I'm on a plane. I don't want to watch Toy Story when I can do that at home, I want to see what the pilots see. And that way every seat has technically a window to look out of.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly that's fucking brilliant. It should be an option of course, not the default, but definitely would be really cool for those who want it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

it's an option on many airplanes, but the problem is that it looks like the list of the cameras approved for this use by the FAA has been updated in the late 90s, the quality of the feed is terrible, in daytime everything is white, and in night time everything is black