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Old 29th Aug 2016, 09:33
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Basil
 
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the crew only perhaps control the lift off and then don't touch the controls until after the aircraft is slowing from its CAT IIIb autoland
In-flight decisions are an ongoing process.
For instance, I have twice been told by ATC to turn around and go back, on one occasion as we penetrated a dense line of Cb when the shortest exposure to hazard was to continue (the pros will understand reduced margins in the turn and degraded Wx radar coverage). The other would have been expensive, hazardous and inconvenient and was clearly due to a misunderstanding about baksheesh. On both occasions we continued.
What would a computer have done?
How will a computer handle a military interception? Climb, descend, turn? Good way to get yourself shot down.

I could go on but really, unless you are a professional aviator, stick to asking questions instead of making statements.
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