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Would you ever feel comfortable flying an autonomous equivalent airline?
Posted on 6/30/26 at 10:07 am
Posted on 6/30/26 at 10:07 am
I would be surprised if we don’t see this in a few years. Which could be more uncomfortable, flying with no pilots or riding in a car with no steering wheel or manual brake that is going 60 miles an hour toward other vehicles and it is programmed to miss the potential head on collisions by 5 feet or so and also to make instant corrections to avoid people, cars or animals stepping in front of it?
This post was edited on 6/30/26 at 10:17 am
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Posted on 6/30/26 at 10:09 am to Ramblin Wreck
Are my options autonomous vs a DEI hire? I’ll take the TeslaJet.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 10:10 am to Ramblin Wreck
Not anytime soon.
I know most of a flight is automated currently, but not the takeoff and landing where the vast majority of accidents occur.
I know most of a flight is automated currently, but not the takeoff and landing where the vast majority of accidents occur.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 10:10 am to Bamafig
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DEI hire
Obviously. Some of these folks will try to kill ya!
ETA: think airlines.
This post was edited on 7/1/26 at 7:56 am
Posted on 6/30/26 at 10:11 am to Ramblin Wreck
Your pilot isn't doing too much active flying as it is.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 10:12 am to Ramblin Wreck
I'm not worried about autonomous flight or driving when everything is going right and is well within design.
I want the human because while they may screw up they will not give up when things start going wrong.
I want the human because while they may screw up they will not give up when things start going wrong.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 10:12 am to wesfau
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Your pilot isn't doing too much active flying as it is.
This. The entire flight is automated except for the takeoff and landing.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 10:14 am to Ramblin Wreck
Anything is safer than being in a car driven by the average Uber driver.
Can't see fully autonomous commercial aviation coming any time soon just from a regulatory perspective. More and more will be done autonomously, but there's going always be a pilot in the loop. Cargo may be a different story.
Can't see fully autonomous commercial aviation coming any time soon just from a regulatory perspective. More and more will be done autonomously, but there's going always be a pilot in the loop. Cargo may be a different story.
This post was edited on 6/30/26 at 10:15 am
Posted on 6/30/26 at 12:50 pm to Ramblin Wreck
No.
And I am not riding in an autonomous car either.
And I am not riding in an autonomous car either.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 12:52 pm to Ramblin Wreck
Can this be an option I chose once I know who the pilots assigned to my flight are?
Posted on 6/30/26 at 1:02 pm to redstick13
I would be reluctant at first. However, if I hear other people I know using it successfully, I would probably do it. Especially if it’s cheaper and more reliable.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 1:09 pm to Ramblin Wreck
No
Posted on 6/30/26 at 1:16 pm to Ramblin Wreck
Could it land in the Hudson?
Posted on 6/30/26 at 1:21 pm to LSUBoo
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I know most of a flight is automated currently, but not the takeoff and landing where the vast majority of accidents occur.
Do the vast majority of accidents occur during takeoff and landing because they are not automated?
No matter how automated flying ever becomes, I’d still want a pilot up there in case something happens that the computer doesn’t understand or recognize.
This post was edited on 6/30/26 at 1:24 pm
Posted on 6/30/26 at 1:21 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
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The entire flight is automated except for the takeoff and landing.
well thats two pretty critical parts of the journey, no? There is a reason they want a human controlling that.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 2:42 pm to slidingstop
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well thats two pretty critical parts of the journey, no? There is a reason they want a human controlling that.
That part is also automated now on some commercial flights.
Edit to add that there is also a system available for private planes that will automatically land the plane if there is a problem with the pilot.
This post was edited on 6/30/26 at 2:44 pm
Posted on 6/30/26 at 2:57 pm to highcotton2
Even if they could automate take off and landing, the issue would be with air traffic. Even if commercial flights were automated, private planes would still most likely be exclusively flown by humans and humans make mistakes. They would have to come up with a whole system for course correction as directed by air traffic controllers that could be executed without human input and that doesn't seem like an easy thing to do...ATC communicates to plane and AI makes course/altitude adjustments.
This post was edited on 6/30/26 at 2:58 pm
Posted on 6/30/26 at 3:24 pm to highcotton2
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That part is also automated now on some commercial flights.That part is also automated now on some commercial flights.
Yes, this capability has actually been around for a long time. The Lockheed L-1011 Tristar had autoland. And it went into service in the early 1970's.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 6:16 pm to BregmansWheelbarrow
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This post was edited on 6/30/26 at 6:19 pm
Posted on 6/30/26 at 6:26 pm to LSUBoo
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ut not the takeoff and landing where the vast majority of accidents occur.
Airbus is very close... they've automated a number of safety sequences for takeoff and have successfully tested fully autonomous takeoffs and landings in the A350.
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