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Re:Federal safety official slams Tesla, regulators for misus... by missosoup on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @06:25PM (#22418657)
Nonsense. What you're saying is true for smaller planes and 'manual' planes, but planes that have autopilot are by standards and by design required to warn the PIC of any issues with enough time to reasonably respond.

There is almost never a situation where a plane on autopilot can face catastrophe in <20 seconds.

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Re:Federal safety official slams Tesla, regulators for misus... by bumby on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @07:07PM (#22418942)
Agreeing with you and just adding support by pointing out that’s precisely why autopilot isn’t used during takeoffs and landings...because seconds do matter in those scenarios
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Re:Federal safety official slams Tesla, regulators for misus... by tristanb on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @08:03PM (#22419317)
Plenty - an older plane and a midair collision. Bird strike. etc
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Re:Federal safety official slams Tesla, regulators for misus... by ceejayoz on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @08:25PM (#22419438)
It's extremely uncommon for a bird strike to down a plane. They cause one fatal accident every billion flight hours.

Midair collisions are why we have ADS-B (even in my dad's little four-seater prop plane) and TCAS. The are also exceedingly uncommon.

People driving into a ditch, pedestrian, barrier, or oncoming traffic is commonplace.

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