Originally Posted by
Lookleft
Most of the conversation is based on the false assumption that the two pilots are reading the paper and pressing the "land now" button.
False assumption or merely unkind stereotype? Anyway, the question is whether the paper reading and "land now" button pressing needs to be done at the front of the aircraft, or whether it can, and indeed will, be done remotely.
Seems to me, some of the arguments put forward against the idea echo those of the hand loom weavers, and things didn't come out too well for them.