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We started in the 370 case. it would be nice if they had some rules which required, for example, that a transponder had to stay on or the satellite link could not be turned off by the crew and that would help a little bit. this was good. i mean, the malaysian airlines had a kind of a low-grade subscription on their satellite service. it would force them to upgrade to at least provide these 15-minute position reports. bear in mind, jake, every 15 minutes an airliner travels about 100 nautical mil...

Radar dot somewhere and now it remind me were almost back to where we were in 1941 before pearl harbor where we lose the entire japanese air force somewhere over the pacific. i mean, how much are we blinded still as to whats going on in the air? >> well, we -- you are being tracked by air traffic control whatever youre with -- in an airplane. theres no question of that. if there is radar coverage then it is what is known as positive control. if youre out over the water, oceanic control takes ove...

Was in singapore today, said nothing but blue skies. absolutely gorgeous weather today, so unlikely weather played any role in this. give me a sense, two hours into a flight, whats going on, from a -- the standpoint of altitude -- youre at cruising altitude. does that mean everything is on autopilot at that point? >> typically, yes. even early in the climb, the pilots will typically put the aircraft on autopilot, and by the time youre at cruise, things are settling back. sometimes on these longe...