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Forum: General Talk
07-23-2018, 04:40 PM
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Your point about autoland being able to perform a smoother or more accurate landing than a human may be arguable, but i doubt it. But autoland is very rare. Given current requirements for autoland to be allowed to be performed I don't think the traveling public would put up with the vastly reduced service that airlines would be able to offer.
For an aircraft to perform an autoland, ATC require increased separation in the air; increased seperation on the ground (ie aircraft having landed or waiting to take off must be further from the runway); Instrument Landing System (ILS) equipment must be of a higher standard and be checked more frequently; aircraft must be certified; and crew must be certified.
Autoland is not going to be a regular occurrence anytime soon.
And human pilots will be able to see if a runway is closed or has a temporary displaced threshold, or that the hi speed exit taxiway has a broken down truck on it. Without human pilots are you really happy to put your faith in some geek 4,000 miles away having the correct information and has loaded it correctly into the Flight Management Computer ?
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Forum: General Talk
07-23-2018, 04:30 PM
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for landings over 95% human control
for take-off 100% human control
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Forum: General Talk
07-23-2018, 04:25 PM
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As a percentage of all flights, incidents like these are infinitesimal
And how would an autopilot deal with a stuck landing gear or a flap or slat that wont retract?
Autopilot may well be used for 95% of the time the aircraft is in flight but it is a tool of the pilot. It is not capable of managing the aircraft at all. It will only follow the instructions given to it.
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