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Originally Posted by Nate2046
Actually, no, it can't. There is a great deal it can do through the automation but it certainly can't 'complete the entire flight.'
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Are you a boeing engineer? I worked on an MD-80 5 years ago, an aircraft that was ancient when I worked on it, and it was fully capable of auto land and auto take off. Going from the proper category of airport to another fully rated destination the aircraft was fully capable of carrying out the entire flight wheels down to wheels down with no human input.
The systems and capablities are out there to build a fully autonomous airliner, just as fully autonomous drones currently are flying up and down your Northern and Southern borders every single day....The computers don't care if it is a 10 000 lb drone or a 500 000 lb airliner.