As you can imagine, we are rapidly approaching that point in time where we start moving our pilots into bunkers in order to destroy targets remotely, as the computers are quite capable of flying the actual vehicle itself into harms way.As you can imagine, we are rapidly approaching that point in time where we start moving our pilots into bunkers in order to destroy targets remotely, as the computers are quite capable of flying the actual vehicle itself into harms way.It would also seem that the computers are capable of flying the plane out of harms way to some degree as well. "I'm sorry, Dave, but I'm afraid I can't do that."
Inverted spins are particularly nasty--used to be almost invariably fatal to the craft and/or the pilot. It's a great testament to both craft and pilot that this F/A-22 survived.
The new French Airbus puts computers between the pilot's yoke and the control surfaces to prevent him from doing things that could harm the aircraft or the passengers. Pilots generally don't like it--it feels mushy. And there's always the issue of a programming glitch in the software that prevents you from executing the one life-saving manuveur in a highly unusual situation.