I heard that theres a civil plane in which the auto pilot does 100% of the flight including:::::?

Question

Landing and takoff,,....If the auto pilot does a 100% of the flight on this plane then whats the use of the pilot sitting in the cockpit?????will it happen one day that planes will fly without any need 4 a pilot???.

Answer 1

AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!! The video above is of the Mulhouse Habsheim A320 crash of Air France Flight 296. See the Wikipedia page below. The aircraft was full and 3 passangers died. The idiot at TLC who wrote the voiceover for that video should be fired.

In 1983 I was an engineer on the Royal Aircraft Establishment BAC 1-11 XX105, we could do everything from take-off to landing without the test pilots intervention, the only thing the autopilot, running on a HP minicomputer, didn't have control of was the spoilers. We also had voice operated nav and comms radios, courtesy of a GEC-Marconi voice recognition system.

Yes, most commercial aircraft fly on autopilot most of the time.

Answer 2

There will never be a day when commercial planes fly without a pilot. Although the military does have some pilotless drones, there are no passengers on board either.

The primary job of the pilot is to have a thinking human on board who can handle non-standard operating situations such as emergencies. Although autopilot systems can control the aircraft from takeoff through landing there is no substitute for human intervention when something goes wrong. There's always the risk of some confused student pilot wandering into controlled airspace and the autopilot system can't account for that, nor is it likely that it will ever be able to.

Nor can autopilot systems handle taxiing an aircraft from the runway to the gate and vice-versa.

Answer 3

Nearly all passenger planes today are flown by computer. They can also be flown by hand. Some of the things pertinent to controlling the aircraft are not done by computer.
Boeing 737 is an example, and have been equipped for several years with a computer controlled autopilot that after line up on the centerline by the pilot(s) can take off, go to a preset altitude (in steps if necessary} fly to the destination and land within one foot of the centerline.
For takeoff the pilot(s) must taxi to the runway centerline, set flaps, and after takeoff, retract flaps and gear. Upon arrival, they must set flaps, extend landing gear and taxi to the terminal.

Answer 4

Another thing. Autoland only works at CATIII equipped airports that have CATIII operations in effect.

That means they keep aircraft on the ground well away from the localizer and glideslope antennas.

I heard a story of an A320 doing a practice autoland in good weather and when the 737 on the runway ahead of them turned off, they deflected the signal and the A320 proceeded to follow it.

To have CATIII ops in effect at all times would clog the world's airways.

Also there is no CATIIIc (land and taxi to a stop) equipped airports or aircraft that are carrying passengers.

It might happen someday but it is a long way off. Right now the big debate is whether to allow UAVs to share the same AIRSPACE as civilian traffic.

Answer 5

When you watch the link below, remember there is nobody on the plane but listen to what the narrator says closely. I hope this answers you question and make you feel uncomfortable without a pilot! PILOTS WILL BE NEEDED FOR EVER!

Answer 6

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard flight 107 from Los Angeles to Chicago. This is the first flight being done by computer only. Aside from your servers, there is no crew. No pilot or co-pilot. This system has been checked and re-checked for years, and is fool proof, so just relax, enjoy your flight, secure in the knowledge that nothing can go wrong...go wrong...go wrong................

Answer 7

.............. pal ..... pilot will always be required to see if the ... autopilot is working properly or not ........