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Yesbut. It also requires the meat-sack to be sitting in the cockpit telling the autopilot which heading/altitude/waypoint to head to next, listen to ATC instruc
by mnw21cam 8y ago
Yesbut. It also requires the meat-sack to be sitting in the cockpit telling the autopilot which heading/altitude/waypoint to head to next, listen to ATC instructions, input the correct ILS frequency into the system, etc. And that's when everything goes absolutely fine.
- Someone1234 8y agoPlanes can absolutely land themselves. The only point you're making is that an autopilot cannot entirely replace a pilot, but that was never in contention. The poster above claimed an autopilot cannot land, it can, and it does every single day. Additionally ILS frequency can be automatically set via electronic charts, particularly if the flight plan contains the destination runway (which isn't always possible).
- labcomputer 8y ago> Planes can absolutely land themselves. No. They can’t. Not unless you have a IIIc approach and autopilot. Those things are not common. If you don’t have both of those things, the pilot must, at minimum, fly the flare (for a IIIb approach, which are somewhat common at large airports). Even if you have a IIIc approach, the pilot still monitors systems, deploys high lift devices and landing gear, makes the go/no decision. There is no reasonable interpretation of “planes can absolutely land themselves” which is in any way true.
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago> No. They can’t. Not unless you have a IIIc approach and autopilot. Those things are not common. So you're saying they can?