Well I have asked this one before but here we go again! There are wind limits associated with autoland - typically max 15 kts crosswind.
Will we ever see an autopilot that can autoland on RW 27 when its 310/28 gust 42 kts?
Sorry I think we are decades away from fully automated flight, let alone pilotless a/c on pax flights. Far too many variables! Many of the comments on this thread show total ignorance of the airline pilots task, thinking it's just a question of pushing a few buttons and throwing a few switches. There is a huge amount of planning and revision that goes into every flight which we, as pilots, take for granted,
As for "pilot error" I thought that term had been consigned to the waste bin decades ago. Accidents are a product of the total system. Pilots dont go round making errors deliberately.