Following an incapacitated crew Hawaii flight diversion, this couldn’t be more timely. What’s your take on this new automated system currently being tested?
Following an incapacitated crew Hawaii flight diversion, this couldn’t be more timely. What’s your take on this new automated system currently being tested?
For several years, Alaska has had this capability mostly to ensure safe landings in heavy fog. Essentially, the plane could land itself in zero visibility conditions.
Aloha –
Auroland has been around for decades and requires pilot programming and monitoring. This new system is completely autonomous and as a 35 year airline pilot – scares the hell out of me
You can’t “program” judgement. And judgement is 90% of this job.
Pretty sure that many different flavors of aircraft have actually had the capability once programmed properly to takeoff and land the aircraft without pilot input for several decades.