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How much of an average commercial flight on a large airline and
aircraft today is done automatically, via autopilot, autoland, and so on? Including takeoff and landing. I know that the bulk of a flight is on autopilot, which makes sense since autopilots are good at flying planes and that's lots of hours to sit holding a yoke, but what about the fun parts, such as takeoff and landing? Systems exist to fully automate both, but are such systems routinely installed and used today? Do airlines have policies that require or prohibit the use of such systems under normal conditions? I've heard that in cruise flight, at least, airlines want their pilots to stay on autopilot as much as possible, to save fuel. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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