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Except for maybe pilots, anybody who has trained to be a pilot, or family or friends of pilots? The nicer thing in the air is that, if autopilot fails, you're
by smileysteve 8y ago
Except for maybe pilots, anybody who has trained to be a pilot, or family or friends of pilots?
The nicer thing in the air is that, if autopilot fails, you're typically thousands of feet up.
Nobody's mentioning that autopilot in airplanes does nothing for collision avoidance. GCAS is collision avoidance and had its issues, but is considered well past autopilot.
- YeGoblynQueenne 8y ago>> The nicer thing in the air is that, if autopilot fails, you're typically thousands of feet up. I'm not sure "nicer" is really the right word, here. I get what you're saying- there's time to react. But, that is time to react before you hit the ground. Not quite "nice".