Aircraft voice comms will become a thing of the past

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Aircraft voice comms will become a thing of the past

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We have been able to communicate with aircraft for donkeys years digitally, I was installing ACARS links some 20 years ago, but I cant see the day ever when voice traffic will be replaced. Most airlines are too tight to upgrade their fleet with anything, not even 8.33 radio unless given a big incentive.
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I agree with Tigersaw,there are no plans to replace voice comms on ATC with datalink or any other means.It will only happen when we get the technology 100% guaranteed safe to have pilotless aircraft for all uses.It will happen,but not in my lifetime.
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Are they, not using DATA links going across to the US now and HF is now the backup.

they will need to keep some voice back up, I think Voice commutations will go down in the coming years but it will never go. We will be looking at a good 50 years I think yet before they think about it.

BUT! if the radio and DATA links are put in all new plains may be looking at 30 years.
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DATA links only for positioning/altitude/latitute/longitude/fuel consumption/on board weight/engine running hours etc but not for what we currently hear on our scanners.
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