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Old 17th Aug 2016, 03:33
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BleedingAir
 
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Em3ry,

I'm sure this all sounds fantastic in your head (more so every time you repeat it), but it's science fiction.

A computer system that can simulate, predict and counter all possible flight scenarios is simply not going to happen in our lifetimes. Even if current aircraft systems were literally 100% reliable, you need humans to make the decisions the machine cannot, of which there are thousands of possibilities.

And your comment about perhaps "removing the First Officer" indicates you have little to no idea about the modern flight deck and how it actually operates, like most of the general public who think there's a "pilot" (who always flies the plane) and a "co-pilot" (who helps out in the hope he too can become a "pilot" one day).
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