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The profit can be in reducing errors, being better than human control, etc. which can reduce time spent on the line
by nomadiccoder 8y ago
The profit can be in reducing errors, being better than human control, etc. which can reduce time spent on the line
- marcosdumay 8y agoAt the cost of turning every automation problem into a worst case disaster. Until the technology is good enough for taking the pilot away, it's not a gain.
- pathseeker 8y ago>Until the technology is good enough for taking the pilot away, it's not a gain. If that were true modern airlines wouldn't have autopilot.
- chrischen 8y agoModern anything wouldn’t have anything.
- marcosdumay 8y agoAirplane pilots have plenty of time for fixing any problem that may appear mid-flight. It's because of this that airplanes don't have autopilots landing or taking them off. And by the way, there's an ongoing discussion on airplane groups about all the new failure modes created by the autopilot-pilot interface. It creates plenty of problems.