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The relevant critical information would probably be copied to pilots already. I suspect it has more to do with what happens after landing.


You seem to know more about this than me, so what about the "aircraft movement logs" part? I would think it'd be hard to copy that to the pilots ahead of time, given you haven't logged it yet. (Or am I misunderstanding the type of "movement logs" here?)

But your other comment seems more likely: keep the people/equipment where they are to reduce the recovery time down the road.


I would guess that refers to entering records when the plane takes off and lands, to keep track of where it is. I.e. not information that would be used in flight -- at least not critical information!

Obviously air traffic control wants to know the exact location of the plane but they have radar and the airplane has a transponder for that purpose. I don't know if the airline cares so much, other than the estimated arrival time to account for delays.




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