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Old October 28th 06, 05:00 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Judah
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Default When do you use autopilots?

Mxsmanic wrote in
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Judah writes:

When will you learn to trust airplanes?


When the statistics show that they've become trustworthy.

That is already true for most large airliners, but not for GA
aircraft. I suspect that it's not possible to make them completely
reliable and still keep price points affordable enough to ensure
sales.


Can you document a statistic that shows what percentage of aviation accidents
are caused by Pilot Error vs. Equipment Failure?

I think the statistics would show that it's safer to trust airplanes than it
is to trust pilots.