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Because unlike auto-pilot the implication of co-pilot is that you're still primarily in charge of flying/driving/piloting the vehicle.
by xmprt 6y ago
Because unlike auto-pilot the implication of co-pilot is that you're still primarily in charge of flying/driving/piloting the vehicle.
- jiofih 6y agoIt’s not, the co-pilot might fly the plane for most of the flight.
- NavinF 6y agoUmm no. Here's how it works me: "you have the controls" co-pilot: "I have the controls" me: "you have the controls" I am no longer flying the aircraft or even paying much attention to it. I could even get up and walk away from the controls. That's why co-pilots exist
- ncallaway 6y agoThe response I had earlier in the thread is absolutely applicable to this. It doesn't matter. At. All. How the operations work inside the cockpit of an airplane. What actually happens in an airplane is 0% important to the conversation. What actually matters is the public at large's perception of the term "autopilot" and their perception of the term "co-pilot". If the public perceives "co-pilot" as being less functional than "autopilot" then it does not matter at all that in aviation a co-pilot is actually more capable than an autopilot.