Originally Posted by
Boggie Dog
Can a computer do what Sully did?
Originally Posted by
jaysona
What do you think the computers on the A320 did? The computers flew the aircraft. For Airbus aircraft, the human just puts in inputs, the computers decide what to do with those inputs.
The only thing a human did that the current generation of flight computers can not do is press the ditch switch.
I wasn't aware that currently-available flight computers can respond to an unexpected loss of all engines during climbout, select the best available landing option, and execute the ditching.
I think all of that is doable but I think the odds of such a system being certified any time in the foreseeable future are about zero.