The phrase comes from a classic 1997 training session by legendary American Airlines Captain Warren “Van” Vanderburgh, who warned that pilots were becoming “children of the magenta” - so dependent on following the magenta line (the programmed flight path displayed in magenta on navigation screens, as in the example below) that they’d neglect to or, wors…
What are Children of the Magenta?
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