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The main reason is that computers aren't very smart although I know that even some developers think that. Actually they can autoland but not everywhere and the
by kpil 9y ago
The main reason is that computers aren't very smart although I know that even some developers think that.
Actually they can autoland but not everywhere and then you still need to tell them where, basically tune them in on the right glide path. Then you really need to be prepared to take over any second, which is a dangerous position on its own. (Just like all self driving cars right now.)
It's still possible to select the wrong ILS beacon or entering the wrong speed or whatever, and something can still show up in front of the plane.
It's just better in low visibility where you otherwise manually have to follow the ILS 'needles'.
Didn't a plane crash there killing some chinese schoolgirls just because the pilots forgot to set the correct speed. Either it was set too low or they set it but did not activate it. And then the monitoring pilot forgot to monitor the speed since the autopilot never fails...
- greenhouse_gas 9y ago>Actually they can autoland but not everywhere and then you still need to tell them where, basically tune them in on the right glide path. Why can't the ATC or Pilot guide the computers to the right glidepath? And most importantly, if you're not going in that glidepath, you should get a major alarm, with ATC warned (so they can manually tell the pilot to abort).
- kpil 9y agoThey do and they did? But it's primarily a manual process. There are automated warning systems such as ACAS and separation warnings, but I don't think it would be possible to program something that could understand what's going on with all the traffic all the time and just generally warn if it's not looking right...
- ohwaitnvm 9y agoAsiana 214 - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiana_Airlines_Flight_214 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiana_Airlines_Flight_214 "Over-reliance on automation and lack of systems understanding by the pilots were cited as major factors contributing to the accident."
- ziedaniel1 9y agoThe very same airport, in fact. They accidentally turned off auto-throttle and took far too long to react to the falling airspeed.