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Originally Posted by redpoint5

Autopilot doesn't put real pilots to sleep, and flying is way more boring than driving.

The Tragic Crash of Flight AF447 Shows the Unlikely but Catastrophic Consequences of Automation

AF447 was three and a half hours into a night flight over the Atlantic. Transient icing of the speed sensors on the Airbus A330 caused inconsistent airspeed readings, which in turn led the flight computer to disconnect the autopilot and withdraw flight envelope protection, as it was programmed to do when faced with unreliable data. The startled pilots now had to fly the plane manually.