Originally Posted by
ACMS
There’s been a few “automation” errors that were only saved by the crew. The confused computers could not have fixed the problem, indeed they caused it.....
So then what? You’ll Have yet another computer monitoring the other computers output?
Just as well as there have been many crew errors fixed by automation.
As long as you can feed it with reliable data automation is already working very well and can only improve further. Of course absolute perfection will probably never be achieved but pilotless aircrafts will happen, and I'd wager to say sooner than most expect.