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Airliners cannot fly themselves, unless you accept a narrow definition of “fly”. Sure, they can fly an approach. Try can’t make a go/no-go decision, accept and
by travisjungroth 8y ago
Airliners cannot fly themselves, unless you accept a narrow definition of “fly”. Sure, they can fly an approach. Try can’t make a go/no-go decision, accept and follow a take-off clearance, pick a cruising altitude, follow speed restrictions, do a VFR approach, and park themselves.
- snowwrestler 8y agoTrue for airliners, but I believe we do currently have planes that can fly themselves autonomously from take-off to landing, that we usually call drones.
- travisjungroth 8y agoMost things that people now call drones have pilots on the ground. Fully autonomous drones are very rare.