As far as I am aware all current commercial aircraft, and certainly the Boeings that I fly require human input from the flight deck to be able to perform an autoland, a fact that many of the writers of these articles seem oblivious of and therefore do not deserve the time of day as far as I am concerned. If they are unable to do even a bit of research then they only show themselves up to be typical of the dipsticks that inhabit the tabloid world.
This thread is now going to the Tech Log forum if anyone wants to discuss the issues.
[ 21 October 2001: Message edited by: Capt PPRuNe ]