Peter wrote:



Same thing that happens now. If the runway isn't clear when he starts to
land then he does a go around and negotiates a new reservation slot in
the queue.

So the pilot isn't busy enough and now has to be a controller?


If he's far enough back when the delay occurs then he slows
or does a 360.

No airplane on final in busy airspace does a 360. Ever.


Certainly the algorithms would be different for ATC than
computer networks ('retransmit after collision' can work for packets but
isn't so good for aircraft), but I don't see it as inherently less
soluable.

I said the computer could do it. The problem is the controller can do
it better. You cannot make a computer do what the controller does and
do it more efficiently. You will never remove the human.