Reply to post: Re: The human pilots just do the easy bits...

Aircraft now so automated pilots have forgotten how to fly

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Re: The human pilots just do the easy bits...

"even if the pilot takes manual control it's still a computer (partially) flying the plane because of the fly-by-wire system,"

The engines on most modern passenger jets are computer controlled with no mechanical alternative.

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