They'll get better over time. Airliners are practically self-flying these days. All the pilot really does is start the engines and taxi them to the runway. They take off, fly to their destination and land all by computer. The pilot just monitors the gauges.
Self-driving cars are the future. Sure, there will be a few speed bumps along the way but we'll get there. The real question is how will insurance companies cope with this.
There is another major flaw in self-driving technology. The airline example actually exposes the LIMITS of technology, not just the benefits of it.
If a vehicle still has to have an operator paying some level of attention to what's going on, then what exactly is the point of paying a premium to have all that crap on board in the first place? If I can't sleep while I'm being driven to work by my car, then I might as well drive myself.
They’ll get better over time. Airliners are practically self-flying these days. All the pilot really does is start the engines and taxi them to the runway. They take off, fly to their destination and land all by computer. The pilot just monitors the gauges.
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I watched a short 20 minute Airbus flight on Youtube. The pilots spent most of their time pulling out their laptops and doing paperwork. There were drawers that pulled out just like on a computer desk.
They’ll get better over time. Airliners are practically self-flying these days.
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Yes they will. It’s shocking to look back in the past and see how common airliner accidents were at one time.