Planes without pilots - NYT

I wouldn't worry too much about it . . . all the passenger surveys I've seen pretty much dismiss the idea that they will ever fly in an airplane not manned by human pilots no matter how cheap the fare and besides, the automation and its input sensors WILL fail because they are designed by humans and we just can't possibly cover all the variables . . . any IT tech knows that.
 
Well time will tell, there are certainly people in tech that consider themselves gods among men, who believe technology can replace any and everything that humans do.
 
I have no doubt it will happen but....I tend to think that pilotless planes are a lot like driverless cars. Always the wave of the future with very limited adaption. We humans do like to be in control, or at least think we have control.
 
Meh, despite the obvious reasons why myself and all of us on JC would be opposed to this, I just flat out don't ever trust that an automated aircraft will be able to handle every out-of-the-box situation and be 100% safe and reliable on it's own. While some may argue automated planes could have, on average, less "operator error" incidents, I'd be lead to believe the incidents we would see would be easily prevented with 2 highly experienced human brains up front able to read and react outside of programming.
 
Soku39 said:
Well time will tell, there are certainly people in tech that consider themselves gods among men, who believe technology can replace any and everything that humans do.
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And then there are people like me, who used to beat those people up for a living by pointing out how their precious little darling projects wouldn't work in reality, and serving them a slice of humble pie. ;9

I wouldn't ever fly on a fully-automated airliner.

-Fox
 
I don't see it happening at the airlines in my lifetime. But if Amazon gets some kind of drone delivery service, I could see it paving the way for cargo carriers (UPS, FedEX, etc.) within 20 years.
 
Soku39 said:
Well time will tell, there are certainly people in tech that consider themselves gods among men, who believe technology can replace any and everything that humans do.
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These are the same idiots that get run over with disturbing regularity heads-down on their phones on the Embarcadero.

I'm not too worried about it.
 
The way our society works, government and the industry come together and tell us what we need. Once industry can prove that this is safe enough, you or I wouldn't have a say. Case in point, look at the evolution of smart phones. I personally don't like touch screen cellphones but there are very little options available if you still want key pads.
 
No such thing as a "Pilotless" airplane. There will always be a human element to it.

Thats why i never understood the argument after German wings about pilotless planes. Some dude on the ground that is controling it could be just as bat poop crazy and plow it into the ground. Actually, would you feel safe riding in a plane knowing some 16 year old emo kid hacker or some turrist could probaby get control of your plane? The very first time that happened those pilots asses would be back in the seat.

It will never happen.
 
Goonie said:
No such thing as a "Pilotless" airplane. There will always be a human element to it.

Thats why i never understood the argument after German wings about pilotless planes. Some dude on the ground that is controling it could be just as bat poop crazy and plow it into the ground. Actually, would you feel safe riding in a plane knowing some 16 year old emo kid hacker or some turrist could probaby get control of your plane? The very first time that happened those pilots asses would be back in the seat.

It will never happen.
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If the Poop head is ON the aircraft, chances are less he'll wad it up- IMO
 
It's a lot closer than I think most of you really believe. Same with driverless cars - that's 4 to 5 years or less from widespread implementation, and in 20 years good luck insuring a car without it.
 
It took a human pilot to make the decision that an Airbus wasn't going to make Teterboro, and that the Hudson River was the only real option. A computer would never have come to that conclusion because it would have been programmed to only accept a runway as a suitable landing site.

I'll stick with a human pilot making the decision only a human would make.
 
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