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  "id": 3335,
  "title": "Maybe I missed the point ...",
  "url": "/competitions/flight/discussion/3335",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2012-12-14T19:55:44.053Z",
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  "content": "<p>I don't really know what decisions are to be informed or the information which would be useful for those decisions.</p>\r\n<p>Using the available data may show that taxi times in Utah correlate strongly to the number of butterflies in Brazil, but?</p>\r\n<p>A pilot faced with a long wait for takeoff can't decide to use a different airport.</p>\r\n<p>What 'business information' can the pilot use?</p>",
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      "postDate": "12/14/2012 19:55:44",
      "content": "<p>I don't really know what decisions are to be informed or the information which would be useful for those decisions.</p>\r\n<p>Using the available data may show that taxi times in Utah correlate strongly to the number of butterflies in Brazil, but?</p>\r\n<p>A pilot faced with a long wait for takeoff can't decide to use a different airport.</p>\r\n<p>What 'business information' can the pilot use?</p>",
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      "id": "17922",
      "postDate": "12/16/2012 11:09:22",
      "content": "<p>A similar question here:</p>\r\n<p>https://www.gequest.com/c/flight/forums/t/3220/contradiction-in-rules-for-final-model/17383#post17383</p>\r\n<p>got the answer:</p>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p><span>the pilot wouldn't use these predictions directly. Instead, these predictions will feed into a broader optimization of parameters like the ones you mentioned, like speed. You can't optimize over the outcomes until you know which situations will lead\r\n to which outcomes.</span></p>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>",
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    {
      "id": 17922,
      "author_name": "davidleen",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "12/16/2012 11:09:22",
      "content": "<p>A similar question here:</p>\r\n<p>https://www.gequest.com/c/flight/forums/t/3220/contradiction-in-rules-for-final-model/17383#post17383</p>\r\n<p>got the answer:</p>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p><span>the pilot wouldn't use these predictions directly. Instead, these predictions will feed into a broader optimization of parameters like the ones you mentioned, like speed. You can't optimize over the outcomes until you know which situations will lead\r\n to which outcomes.</span></p>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>",
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