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Autoland has been in jets for years (1965). I am also aware that the ASA (autoland status annunciator) proves all too often that the AI monitoring all the safety redundancy isn't as magical as some would believe.
Have you checked out the Garmin auto-land system? Pretty neat.
Also pretty expensive.
- oldman
My daughters recently turned 15, so I'm opening up the movie list more.
Recently, we've watched Alien (they could appreciate the craftsmanship of the film, but they'll like Aliens better)
Uhhh, MNM doesn't work like that. Just sayin'
Maybe actually pop into one and find out how it does go down.
I hate to tell you but we're already there insofar as airplanes are concerned. The Air Line Pilots Association (my union for 38 years) is already in a fight to stop the removal of one pilot from the flight deck. Despite that I have little doubt that this will come to pass.
I have great faith in the pilots that have made the free world's aviation the safest form of moving from one place to another for the past few decades.
There have already been more that a few "screw-ups" in the onboard AI in both Boeing and Airbus jets. Most have averted a catastrophe thanks to the intervention of qualified humans.... some not so fortunate. I have no idea how one would train AI to deal with emergencies not anticipated by the manufacturer's checklists - consider an emergency exit window that was certified not to fail.
I have no doubt that pilotless airlliners are the way of the future but I for one tend to have little faith in the infalabilty of machines and software built by humans.
