Lion Air crash: Investigators say plane was 'not airworthy'

Re:Lion Air crash: Investigators say plane was 'not airworthy' by leetcrew on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @08:33AM (#18551265)

> We need to increase automation and, little by little, continue to remove the pilot from the equation until we have pilotless/single-pilot commercial aircraft.

there seems to be a growing consensus in the self-driving car debate that incremental automation is actually pretty dangerous, or at least much less safe than either fully manual or fully autonomous control, to the point where some consider it irresponsible to sell L3 autonomous vehicles at all. is there a particular reason why planes should be different?

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Re:Lion Air crash: Investigators say plane was 'not airworthy' by da_murvel on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @08:45AM (#18551341)

I have never understood what problem self-driving cars is trying to solve. I can, on the other hand, see that it could be more desirable to have self flying planes. But to even think that self flying = issue free and non crashable planes is beyond naive. Personally I believe that the best is to let humans do what they do best, and let computers do what they are good at. Without trying to force one into the other's shoes. (Computers has shoes, don't they?)

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Re:Lion Air crash: Investigators say plane was 'not airworthy' by jobigoud on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @09:11AM (#18551535)

Self driving cars solve two problems: 1. driving is boring, 2. driving can lead to accidents if you are not attentive at the right moment.

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