Timeline for Are any software or aeronautical engineers yet attempting to design pilotless passenger planes (PPP'S)? [duplicate]
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| Jun 7, 2017 at 19:59 | comment | added | Scott Francis Perry | Personally, it is my best guess that should anyone ever try to force "driverless semi trucks" on the rest of the driving population, before they might first have been proven to be reliably, clearly, and undeniably safer than the human-driven ones, would be "suicidal" for the "driverless movement" amongst technologists. I personally suspect that such "proof" is still most likely several decades away, and not mere years away. With aircraft, my guess is we may be looking at "generations" away and not years. Sorry for the "opinion." | |
| Jun 7, 2017 at 19:52 | comment | added | Scott Francis Perry | Yes, standard auto-pilot, when used on long duration flights at straight and level, actually enhances safety. But to then actually try to eliminate all actual onboard human oversight, whether or not this has yet been proven to enhance safety, is what I was trying to get at here. | |
| Jun 7, 2017 at 19:34 | comment | added | Chris V | In many cases, autopilots tend to outperform humans when it comes to precision and attention... when they work as they should. Automation tends to be ineffective to adapt to unexpected/unforeseen circumstances. Especially when it comes to conflicting sensors. The ratio of accidents caused by human vs automation is well in favour of automation. But there are no statistics being kept (unfair) how many times the human on board prevented the automation from a fatal crash. I've personally had to intervene twice with one of the most advanced autopilots in the business. | |
| Jun 7, 2017 at 19:14 | vote | accept | Scott Francis Perry | ||
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| Jun 7, 2017 at 18:45 | comment | added | mins | There are cases where automation is simply safer than human, and autonomous cars are possibly a good example. Experimentation is in progress, and under a strict legal framework. I wouldn't be surprised the ratio of accidents is already better than for the average (and tired) driver. just an opinion. The number of accidents in aviation has decreased with fly-by-wire and FMS. | |
| Jun 7, 2017 at 18:11 | history | edited | Scott Francis Perry | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Now that I better understand how to edit here, I finally fixed this previously "botched" edit attempt for this question. Sorry for my obviously slow learning curve here.
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| Jun 7, 2017 at 14:34 | history | edited | Scott Francis Perry | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Simon SMS von der Tann Pondlife Dave Lnafziger |
Duplicate of Why do we still use pilots to fly airplanes? | |
| Jun 7, 2017 at 12:25 | answer | added | Chris V | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 7, 2017 at 8:31 | vote | accept | Scott Francis Perry | ||
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| Jun 7, 2017 at 7:34 | comment | added | GdD | Serious is relative and open to interpretation. | |
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| Jun 7, 2017 at 7:14 | answer | added | Steve V. | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 7, 2017 at 6:18 | history | edited | Scott Francis Perry | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 7, 2017 at 6:08 | history | asked | Scott Francis Perry | CC BY-SA 3.0 |