On Saturday, November 14, 2015 at 3:07:05 AM UTC-5, Alan Holbrook wrote:

> We've had what are essentially pilotless aircraft for decades now. Oh,
> sure, there's a flight crew on the flight deck ready to take over in case
> of computer failure, but your average widebody carrying several hundred
> human beings is being flown by well over a hundred microprocessors, from
> takeoff to landing. As a former software engineer, I think about that a
> lot every time I board a flight...

As a current software engineer at a company that makes productivity
tools for systems control engineers (our customers include Gulfstream,
Crane Aerospace, Boeing, Rolls Royce Jet Engine, GE Aircraft Engines,
et al.), I think "Maybe I should get a horse."

Cindy Hamilton