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Old 25th Aug 2013, 17:00
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You are being silly.

You are picking timeframes out of your @rse with no justification whatsoever.

Look at a 50 yr old aircraft and see how much similarity it has to a 787.
Add to this the pace of technological advance and tell me that it will take another 50 to be capable of unmanned flight.


"Keep in mind however that it has been 25 years since the first delivery of the A320, with its philosophy of designing out the pilot, yet we still have crashes such as the GF320 and AF330.


Randomly irrelevant statement. Yes the 320 is 25 years old.

1. It has not been enhanced in 25 years, so you can hardly expect it to exhibit new capabilities.

2. An automated 330 would have believed the stall warning and lowered the nose thus saving the passengers. Using examples of pilot incompetence to naysay automated aircraft is a novel approach, but I admire your adventurous approach.
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