Nope. (3) The transition between the two requires manual intervention, as those are very different flight modes, using different systems and there's no automagi

Nope. (3) The transition between the two requires manual intervention, as those are very different flight modes, using different systems and there's no automagic way to switch between them; the quote from the linked article is an oversimplification akin to "computers can do almost anything - therefore what do we need programmers anyway?"