Fully-automated, pilotless planes are in the pipeline | Tech Talk

By Mathew Dickerson
Updated June 3 2021 - 4:34pm, first published 3:30pm
The initial objective is to use the autonomous planes in dull, dirty or dangerous flights.
The initial objective is to use the autonomous planes in dull, dirty or dangerous flights.

I love the scene in Flying High just after Captain Oveur collapses from food poisoning and Elaine flips the switch for "automatic pilot". A large inflatable pilot named "Otto" inflates and takes the controls of the plane.