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Re:Airbus' self-flying plane just completed taxi, take-off, ... by gibsonhouse on Monday July 27, 2020 @05:28PM (#23969595)
simulators might be good enough to train for most situations, maybe not to the same degree as if the pilot had been flying the whole time.
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Re:Airbus' self-flying plane just completed taxi, take-off, ... by Jabbles on Monday July 27, 2020 @05:51PM (#23969831)
The situations that call for a pilot rather than an AI can only be trained for in a simulator.

The (few) hours in a simulator are probably far more valuable in an emergency than the thousands of hours of real flight.

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Re:Airbus' self-flying plane just completed taxi, take-off, ... by AdrianB1 on Monday July 27, 2020 @05:59PM (#23969905)
(sport pilot here) Can you explain what are you thinking about? I had a few cases of unexpected problems while flying, simulators in my case would not help at all, but it may be different for large planes with huge inertia vs my larger-than-a-kite extremely sensible 2-seater.
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Re:Airbus' self-flying plane just completed taxi, take-off, ... by rootusrootus on Monday July 27, 2020 @07:17PM (#23970512)
You can't induce emergencies in actual passenger aircraft for the purpose of training. So your only option is a good simulator.
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