Originally Posted by
Sobelena
The only problem is that the robot will need to be programmed by a human. Programmers have never achieved 100% success, hence updates and patches. Even after extensive testing something would crop up at some point. That point may just be with a plane full of pax.
As long as "that point" is reached less frequently with robo-pilot than when human-pilot is flying, then robo-pilot wins.
Human pilots don't achieve 100% success either. Robo-pilot only has to be better than human-pilot, it doesn't have to be 100% reliable.