Airbus' self-flying plane just completed successful taxi, take-off, and landing tests, opening the door for fully autonomous flight 📦

22    28 Jul 2020 05:22 by u/mutageno

9 comments

4 u/wagesj45 28 Jul 2020 05:58
good. the more we can automate, the better.
1 u/None 28 Jul 2020 17:56
True, automation makes our lives eaiser, we can't avoid it, it coming, so we might as well look forward to it
3 u/Bazza 28 Jul 2020 10:17
Wonder what the reaction of the passengers would be if it was announced that it was self flying mid flight. Im sure it wont take too long for self driving to become a norm but i can see self flying having more people worried though
2 u/None 28 Jul 2020 18:00
I think it would sort of be like how some people are afraid of planes even though it's safer than car travel, I can imagine people being afraid of self flying planes in the future even though it would probably be safer than normal planes
2 u/Bazza 29 Jul 2020 09:14
That was my main thinking, people are already scared of flying. I think part of that is the unknown elements of flying
2 u/None 29 Jul 2020 16:44
true, people are usually scared of the unknown, even if the fear doesn't make sense
2 u/Save_the_humans 28 Jul 2020 17:43
With how advanced autopilots have become it’s surprising this hasn’t happened sooner.
2 u/None 28 Jul 2020 17:55
That's awesome
1 u/KentAllard 28 Jul 2020 14:42
No thank you.