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Commercial airliners have autoland systems. Much less common in smaller planes.
by wl 4y ago
Commercial airliners have autoland systems. Much less common in smaller planes.
- tragictrash 4y agoThe supposed scenario is manual landing, don't know if that was mentioned in the op
- Nextgrid 4y agoConfiguring these is very difficult (for a non-pilot) and it might rely on airport-side equipment that not all airports have.
- wl 4y agoConfiguring an autopilot is not that difficult when someone is telling you exactly what to do. It's also more likely to have a good result vs. relying on underdeveloped stick and rudder skills. In a situation where a non-pilot is pressed into flying an airliner because of pilot incapacitation, tiny municipal airstrips without ILS aren't really an option, anyway.