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Old 16th Jun 2010, 12:54
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Octane - what do you see as wrong in that quote for the masses?
... because it's not an autonomous system? The quote would imply that it is possible for the aircraft to be instructed to land with an empty cockpit. An auto-land capable autopilot only does 30% of the job. Someone still needs to program it, and put the wheels down, and put the flaps down, and control the speed, and ....
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