Hello Mike,
 
>> No .. CW is far from dead.  Especially in the world of aviation.
 
> Very interesting story.
 
> I will copy this to a number of people ... at least one who is captain on
> a 747-400 flying regularly accross the US, a captain 777-200ER who does a
> bi-weekly to the US and anotherone captain of a US airline on DC9-30
> retraining to Airbus-320.
 
Two out of three so far have answered.
 
One mentioned the story should be sold to Hollywood (747). The other
remarked it looks like a scenario for "McGyver" (777).
 
None consider it serious and affirm that other than e.g. VOR-identification
Morse is "out". And even the VOR-identification is not listened
to by ear but captured by the FMS (Flight Management System) and displayed
on the screen.
 
I'm sorry, no offense, that's what 2 people in the business tell me.
 
Take care,
 
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