> Flying planes is a standardized environment, and we can't even automate it end to end with available technology in idealized conditions, let alone in emergen

> Flying planes is a standardized environment, and we can't even automate it end to end with available technology in idealized conditions, let alone in emergencies. Well, it's not that we can't, it's that we haven't yet. Both Boeing and Airbus have treaded lightly into this territory. Hard to blame them, since most polling indicates a overwhelming majority of the public wouldn't get on an unmanned airplane. Furthermore, there's a few misconceptions here. Weather at 30,000 feet is nothing like weather on the surface of the earth. That said, the tech is pretty close to a reality, but when you have to drag the public along it slows the process down.