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Old 15th Sep 2013, 01:06
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The autopilot had to be disconnected on Apollo 11 to prevent a crash. Apollo 13 would have been a loss without pilots.

No autopilot today can even handle something as routine as mountain wave. That's just one of many examples. No autopilot today can get an airplane out of an unusual attitude reliably. They can however put you in one.

Drones are not pilotless, they are remotely flown and still crash a lot.

Airliners still on the drawing board are still based on the 2 pilot concept .

You guys thinking large commercial jets will be flying pilotless in 20 years are smoking the funny stuff.

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