>I can automate that with a raspberry pi. Pretty sure that the Pi would have a hard time talking over the radio to ATC... Smith isn't claiming that autonomous

>I can automate that with a raspberry pi. Pretty sure that the Pi would have a hard time talking over the radio to ATC... Smith isn't claiming that autonomous flight is impossible, just that it can't be done with present systems. He is also suggesting that such a thing doesn't make economic sense at this point in time.