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Despite consumer worries, the future of aviation will be more automated

  • Written by Stephen Rice, Associate Professor of Human Factors, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Human pilots, surrounded by automation.Sorbis/Shutterstock.com

In the wake of the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes of Boeing 737 Max planes, people are thinking about how much of their air travel is handled by software and automated systems – as opposed to the friendly pilots sitting in the cockpit.

Older commercial airliners, such as...

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