Originally Posted by
G-CPTN
All you need is remote control for ATC to switch on the autoland.
If it is good enough for military drones . . .
With the commercial fleet as it is now, impossible.
Pilots still have to make several manipulations to make autoland possible. It is not just switching it on. Furthermore, all gear and flapsselections are still manual in todays aircraft. It would take a major refurbishment of all existing aircraft to make it possible.
Now for future aircraft? Who knows.