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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (144290)9/28/2001 3:03:42 AM
From: BelowTheCrowd  Read Replies (1) of 186894
 
> It seems to me that since you can deliver a plane, take off and land without pilot intervention <

You cannot, at least not most aircraft and not at most airports, for several reasons:

1) Approach facilities for "autoland" approaches don't exist at most airports. Most airports rarely get the kind of "down to the ground" fog that requires this level of automation, so it's just not widely implemented.

2) Most aircraft don't have the necessary equipment. Same general reasons.

3) A "remote control" facility would be relatively easily feasible on newer aircraft with advanced digital Flight Management Systems. On older aircrafts (or just aircrafts built around older designs) where mechanical linkages and sensors are still in use, it would be virtually impossible to install a useful remote control.

The role of the commercial autopilot is often substantially overrated. They are mostly designed to be operated with a pilot monitoring them and/or peforming some tasks manually. Simple stuff like extending the flaps and landing gear or reducing the power to the engines is beyond the capabilities of many autopilots. Again, the latest stuff tends to be more sophisticated, but that's only in a relatively small percentage of total aircraft.

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