Originally Posted by
jcountry
I remember seeing Rutan in an interview about aircraft automation a long time back.....
He put it well:
"Sure, we could fully automate airliners with technology we have right now..... But then one will screw up and fly into the Rose Bowl, and that's the last you'll ever see of that idea."
100% agree. The technology to gaurentee the same amount of safety (and with the majors it's the highest it could ever be,) just does not exist yet; neither does the cost savings. I'm sure pilots would have been eliminated years ago, but alas even cargo is flying 70s technology. Rest easy gents, barring Kim Jong Unstable going whazooo we are going to be gainfully employed for a while.