Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun told Bloomberg TV that fully autonomous passenger planes are inching closer to takeoff, with it being only a matter of when not if.
Currently, setting up and managing an aircraft's autopilot and other automated systems is typically required to pilot a high-tech passenger jet. However, we are not yet in a situation where computer systems can completely replace human pilots.
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