Pilotless aircraft. Look out Fed Ex wannabees.

[pb1900]

Pilotless Passenger aircraft won't happen in our lifetime. There are a lot of variables during takeoff that a computer cant handle that a pilot has handeled. I recall a 1900 that had a mis rigged elevator and the pilots aborted past v1... the computer would just keep trying to rotate until it ran full speed off the end of the runway. A computer can cruise and land, but takeoff I think will be trouble. Besides a pilot can handle hydraulic failures and flight control failures better than a computer. They can think and adapt while a computer can only do what it is programmed to do. A pilotless passenger jet is a very long ways off.

 

[acaTerry]

You know, considering that this hasn't happened yet, this IS kind of a dumb thing to fight about.

Kinda like killing over religion - - ->

------> I.E. killing each other over who has the best invisible friend!

How does your hate of God have to do with this?

 

[Soverytired]

How does your hate of God have to do with this?

It's almost impossible to prove a negative statement like:

There will NEVER be a pilotless passenger airplane.

or

There is NO tooth fairy

or

This is NO god but god (and M is his****, for example)

or even

There is NO god

And so forth. So in a way, all the definitive, "it will NEVER" happen statements are a bit silly. After all, who knows what technological advancements the future holds? Without perfect knowledge (impossible), no one really knows.

Plus, I kinda thought the whole "Religion is all about different groups fighting about who has the best invisible friend(s)" was kinda funny.

 

[taters]

Pilotless Aircraft?? Whoever makes these can go strait to Hell