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Old 14th Aug 2012, 09:07
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funfly
 
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It's not a competition between pilot and computer. Computers fly an aircraft better, more accurate and more efficiently than hand flying.
99.9% of the time.
I would like to think, as a passenger nowadays, that my pilot could cope if I was in the 0.1% situation. That's surely what they are there for otherwise, it could be argued, you don't need a human pilot at all.
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