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shrimpx · 2020-02-12 07:49:44

In the movie “Airplane” the autopilot is an inflatable humanlike doll full on manning the plane. :-)

coredog64 | karma 3819 | avg karma 2.1 · | 2016-05-17 13:43:39+00:00

It's the name of the autopilot in "Airplane!". I'm hoping they whimsically include an inflatable entity to let people know the truck is under computer control.

zlsa | karma 737 | avg karma 5.05 · | 2020-04-13 18:46:25

Autopilot != autonomy in cars or in planes.

fit2rule | karma 3490 | avg karma 0.79 · | 2017-02-08 09:53:42+00:00

Autopilot.

King-Aaron | karma 4452 | avg karma 2.41 · | 2018-04-02 03:46:15+00:00

Unfortunately, most people attribute the word 'autopilot' with the way Otto performed in the movie Airplane!...

eyeball | karma 929 | avg karma 3.19 · | 2019-11-22 05:32:27+00:00

Autopilot?

FlyMoreRockets | karma 1361 | avg karma 2.0 · | 2019-12-09 17:02:04+00:00

Autopilot?

sunkenvicar | karma 32 | avg karma 0.17 · | 2021-09-07 02:36:33

Yes, most people think autopilot flies the plane.

threeseed | karma 21216 | avg karma 2.31 · | 2020-06-02 00:15:27+00:00

Really isn't a hard concept to understand.

Autopilot means that the plane flies itself. Pilot is there in case it catastrophically fails.

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fucking_tragedy | karma 1076 | avg karma 1.44 · | 2016-07-01 05:25:22

It's called Autopilot™.

holstvoogd | karma 637 | avg karma 2.94 · | 2020-02-12 08:10:28+00:00

Exactly like autopilot on a plane! :o

kelnos | karma 35726 | avg karma 3.07 · | 2020-02-26 07:32:50+00:00

To your average layperson who doesn't know much about aviation, "autopilot" means "the plane will fly itself".

sp332 | karma 55607 | avg karma 2.75 · | 2015-12-16 21:07:44+00:00

A "fancy autopilot" can take off and land.

throwaway8581 | karma 318 | avg karma 1.5 · | 2021-05-16 04:10:53+00:00

“Autopilot” is literally an airplane term and refers to systems that can take-off, cruise, and land the plane even in many adverse conditions without any human input.

toomuchtodo | karma 88050 | avg karma 2.82 · | 2020-05-31 15:04:11+00:00

Autopilot :)

v_lisivka | karma 0 | avg karma 0.0 · | 2019-05-02 10:02:33+00:00

Autopilot is just autopilot. There was lot of plane crashes with autopilot involved.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLrIXptqZxw

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spullara | karma 9487 | avg karma 3.26 · | 2016-09-12 15:18:22+00:00

Autopilot is accurate but most people don't know wat a plane's autopilot does.

wmf | karma 46152 | avg karma 2.46 · | 2010-12-03 14:10:43

That's where the autopilot comes in.

Alupis | karma 14032 | avg karma 2.49 · | 2021-01-30 00:29:42+00:00

You sound like someone educated about aviation - Average Joe is not.

To Average Joe, "Autopilot" means it flies/drives itself.

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vl | karma 3702 | avg karma 2.45 · | 2019-05-17 04:27:14+00:00

Traditional autopilot is a fancy cruise control for the airplane, so name is actually pretty apt.