I would say modern autoland (both GPS based and ILS types) systems are a little better when it comes to handling emergencies but the problem with autoland is that they require a lot of things to work perfectly and will refuse to take any risk (autoland systems are not probabilistic like Tesla FSDs, they are mostly automatic traditional control systems). So if the plane will miss the threshold by a few feet the autoland won't even attempt it.
... I wonder if this was inspiration for Flight Simulator X's mission, Limited Options. [1] That one was flown on a 737-800, but...
"When the plane suffers a fuel leak causing the engines to fail at 35,000 feet, you must decide whether to glide to Malé or Hanimadhoo Island to save 150 passengers from drowning in the Indian Ocean."
Definitely a challenging flight under the simulator, total balls of steel to the pilots to pull it off for real.
This is why you don't have FSD for airplanes. (of course, an argument could have been made that FSD would have handled the leak a little better)
I would say modern autoland (both GPS based and ILS types) systems are a little better when it comes to handling emergencies but the problem with autoland is that they require a lot of things to work perfectly and will refuse to take any risk (autoland systems are not probabilistic like Tesla FSDs, they are mostly automatic traditional control systems). So if the plane will miss the threshold by a few feet the autoland won't even attempt it.
... I wonder if this was inspiration for Flight Simulator X's mission, Limited Options. [1] That one was flown on a 737-800, but...
"When the plane suffers a fuel leak causing the engines to fail at 35,000 feet, you must decide whether to glide to Malé or Hanimadhoo Island to save 150 passengers from drowning in the Indian Ocean."
Definitely a challenging flight under the simulator, total balls of steel to the pilots to pull it off for real.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neAVfys9jfo