Just say no to driverless cars ?

[Richard O'Neill]

On 12/1/2012 9:36 PM, Chip Fetrow wrote:
> If the pilots could have taken control and ruined the engines, they 
> could have had at least some thrust and gotten to a runway.

  So, the pilot's options were limited not only by a bird strike but 
also by a computer system with predetermined command override 
priorities. That doesn't sound good to me.
While some may be comfortable with computers making major control 
decisions, as a pilot with lives on the line I'd prefer to reserve those 
options for my judgement.
Guess I'm old fashioned that way.

Richard