Originally published at: Autonomous Aircraft Tune In To CTAF
Georgia Tech researchers are teaching autonomous aircraft to interpret CTAF radio calls at non-towered airports.
Years ago I was coming into a non tower airport for a fly in event. I was listening to the ctaf frequency 20 + miles before i got there. To figure out what runway was in use, wind direction and speed, etc. As i was preparing for a landing, a king air tried to pull a straight in approach on the opposite end of the active runway. I quickly got on the radio, and informed him of said active runway. Now would think that another pilot would be doing the same thing. Monitoring the ctaf, especially going into a fly in event. Or if he was on an ifr flight, atc would have given him that information. Regardless, it certainly pays to use ctaf.
What are all the dots off course, and the wigging worms especially the red one?
Report him for license cancellation. 
AI is going to have a really hard time interpreting all of the non-standard gibberish transmitted on CTAF (my personal pet peeve is saying “traffic” at the end of the transmission).
Larger single engine and multi engine aircraft fly lower, near the ground compared to light single engine aircraft in airport traffic areas. Which makes them hard to see, if one can see them at all in taking a runway for landing. Cirruses seem to be notorious for doing this: long, strait in approaches and not visible; and close to the ground; where trees surround the class E airport. Announcing departure intentions on the CTAF may or may not get their attention. The last time it happened to me, the Cirrus pilot swore on the CTAF at me. I gave him the finger. Anywhere trees surround the approach end of the runway and the complex aircraft fly low to the ground, is an accident waiting to happen at class E airports. Class E airports are for small, light weight, LSA style aircraft. And not for complex aircraft. Please tell all complex aircraft drivers to follow protocol and pass over the airport before entering the pattern, so they know if anyone is either heading toward the active runway or there to take off. These lazy lard butt complex aircraft operators who refuse to follow the rules are the problem. Again, it is a necessity to check runway activity before setting up a landing at any class E airport!!!
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