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		gonehome on July 27, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Airbus' self-flying plane just completed taxi, tak... Doesn't this just mean that today the mechanical parts of a plane are pretty reliable? It's not much of a comparison to flying software that isn't yet in use since there isn't any data to make that comparison. Am I wrong? Are planes flown today without human intervention?

ekianjo on July 27, 2020 [–]

Apart from landing and take-off, most flights are in autopilot for most of the flight duration nowadays.

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