What could go wrong?
I'm sure they've thought of everything...
I keep wondering and waiting for the
I saw a news report on one of these companies. The CEO showed how it works. There's no blind spots. They have done plenty of testing, collected plenty of data but the Federal DOT hasn't asked for it.
Airplanes have had auto-pilot systems for years. Still pilots are required to be at the controls. Airplanes do crash as a result of problems with the auto-pilot system or related sensors. Disasters are frequently avoided as a result of the pilot over-riding the auto-pilot. Given the choice of flying on an airplane controlled by an experienced pilot or an airplane being controlled by a software engineer, I'll choose the pilot every time.
