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Re:Watchdog: FAA failing to ensure pilots are trained to fly... by twoslide on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @03:52PM (#10897401)
Air France 447 is another example of when an unexpected transition to manual controls caused a crash. There's a good story on autopilot and automation more generally at: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/07/29/427467598/episo...

There are pros to automation - even if the transition to manual causes problems, overall autopilot can be safer than manual.

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Re:Watchdog: FAA failing to ensure pilots are trained to fly... by greghendershott on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @06:05PM (#10898365)
Interesting you should mention that, as today I just watched Gerald Jay Sussman's NYCLisp talk, in which he discusses it starting at 29:00.

https://vimeo.com/151465912

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