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I don't think the major airports would be good enough. What about emergencies where an aircraft has to divert? Can the automated plane land itself without engin
by amlager 6y ago
I don't think the major airports would be good enough. What about emergencies where an aircraft has to divert? Can the automated plane land itself without engines, side slip to lose altitude faster and land safely on a non-ILS airport like the Gimli glider?
Will it do the same on a grass strip, which some pilot did without engines in the Houston area?
Can it do a perfect belly landing like a Polish pilot did some years ago?
Can it land in the Hudson?
All of those pilots had massive experience beyond button pushing auto-piloted aircraft.
I think (hope) this is just a typical marketing program which is not actually going to happen.
- fvdessen 6y agoMaybe the automated plane cannot do all those things, but on the other hand it will not dive itself into a mountain because it is feeling very sad.
- anvert 6y agoIt will happily do that if the pitot tubes are clogged or other sensory input is wrong. Or if there is an MCAS situation. Moreover, it is easy to find at least 30 successful landings under the above conditions, while the situation you are referring to has about 4 cases, 2 of them contested. Also, locking the cockpit doors on airliners is stupid in my opinion.
- stunt 6y agoMany crashes are also due to pilot mistakes. Or due to some past damages done to the plane by previous pilots. Aviation industry follows safety in redundancy principles. So on top of all the redundancy they are going to add in a system like this, I assume pilot will be part of the redundancy too. Perhaps they can remove co-pilot soon. But, it will take a few years to go without any pilot. Even then perhaps they start with cargo airlines. I assume they can use a ground station as an emergency pilot like how military drones work.