For me, there is a clear distinction in the level of situational awareness the pilots of these vehicles are required to keep when they enable automation. In an

For me, there is a clear distinction in the level of situational awareness the pilots of these vehicles are required to keep when they enable automation. In an aircraft, they clear their path with traffic control, set up the autopilot, check in on it from time to time. In a Tesla they enable Autopilot and then they watch for closed lanes, fire trucks, people on the road. They also have to take over immediately on deviations from the lane, and accelerate when it brakes for no reason. For aircraft, there is a lot of buffer space. For cars, there is none. Should the aircraft autopilot malfunction, the pilot typically has minutes to spot the error before a failure occurs. A Tesla on Autopilot is routinely fractions of seconds away from a crash should it malfunction.