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I’m not a pilot, but my impression is that the reaction time required to take over in a dangerous situation is much less strict with planes than with cars. Exce
by pfannkuchen 3y ago
I’m not a pilot, but my impression is that the reaction time required to take over in a dangerous situation is much less strict with planes than with cars. Except when the plane is close to the ground, I suppose, but pilots know when this is happening and can specifically pay more attention for that brief period. The plane autopilot physically can’t cause you to crash within a second at any point mid flight, AFAIK, unlike with a car “autopilot”.
- Gordonjcp 3y agoYes, planes are actually a lot easier than cars because there's pretty much nothing else to crash into up there. If you get into a bad situation you've generally had a long enough time to identify it and stop it developing. On the road you've always got the risk that a Tesla on Autopilot will freak out over the shadow of a telephone wire across the road and panic brake to a complete stop on a 70mph motorway.