I’m not sure how big the difference is on auto-pilot between marinecrafts and aircrafts, so apologies for including both in the question.
It sounds like it makes the ship/plane run itself, without any need for a person to control it, but how could that be the case? These machinaries sound like they should be steered and watched at all times. It sounds dangerous to leave them on an “auto” mode.
Is there an in-depth explaination behind what auto-pilot does? What are its limits? Is it possible to go wrong in some way, and if so, does it have some kind of alarm?
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I fly airliners. An autopilot in one pretty much says “I will make the plane follow the path you say at the speed you say.” Ensuring that the correct path is set and is being followed is a major part of the job. An autopilot relieves the pilot of the need to focus on hand/eye coordination, which frees up a lot of brainpower for actually planning for a safe flight.
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