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aschobel

Autopilot (plane) in cruise is much different than using it in the terminal environment.

My perception in sense of safety and workload reduction is about the same for aviation vs automative.

I’m a instrument rated pilot that mostly flys for fun on the weekend.

The big danger is folks disconnect from their duty to actively monitor the systems.

I would never play an iPhone game with either system.

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> Autopilot (plane) in cruise is much different than using it in the terminal environment.

A car in "autopilot" is more akin to the terminal environment, though. Things happen faster. Pedestrians run out in front of the car, oncoming traffic swerves to miss a pothole, and a second later you're smashing into them.

These are the sort of hazards that autopilot seems to handle well, the problems have been more about ambiguous lane markings and missing large stationary objects.

As someone with an adaptive cruise control that has no problem seeing stationary objects, that last bit is just plain inexcusable.

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