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Re:Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pil... by jaywalk on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @03:56PM (#31344937)
Garmin's is literally "oh shit the pilot passed out!" and an entirely inexperienced passenger can push a single button, ending up with the plane stopped on the nearest appropriate runway with the engine off. The autoland system in airliners requires a lot of setup by the pilots and continuous monitoring all the way down, plus working ILS (instrument landing system) equipment at the airport.
Re:Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pil... by nopcode on Thursday May 12, 2022 @03:21AM (#31350319)
When flying private, my pilot told me: “just press this button when I have a stroke or something”.

Almost 20 years ago.

Ignorance is bliss I guess.

Re:Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pil... by jaywalk on Thursday May 12, 2022 @08:54AM (#31353371)
Yeah, I don't know what button he would have told you to push, but it definitely wouldn't have landed the plane. I don't think there were even automatic wing-leveling systems that far back.