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" The use of unmanned aircraft is a hot topic right now, as Amazon unveils plans for a proposed fleet of delivery drones they hope to roll out within the next few years. But how often do you consider the fact that, while an errant octocopter could be dangerous should it crash into your garage or pet, those countless jumbo jets constantly rumbling overhead are a thousand times bigger, and essentially the same thing? The Associated Press reports that pilots are becoming so dependent upon on-board computers and the increasing automation of almost every aspect of commercial flights that when the robots fail and it&amp;#039;s time to take manual control, they&amp;#039;re caught unprepared. Sometimes even literally with their pants down. Yep, it seems that for the most part, the inside of a 747 cockpit is just a drone command center with a mile-high view as the crew monitors systems and basically babysits the autopilot, who is hopefully better at getting you there than his sister Siri. Beating becoming-a-dead-horse topic like drones aside, we have to marvel at the prescient nature of Airplane!, which way back in 1980 humorously portrayed the inflate-a-date style autopilot dutifully popping up and taking the helm with the flip of a switch. Does it really work like that? We hope you never have to find out. But, just in case, here&amp;#039;s Wikihow&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;How To Land An Airplane In An Emergency.&amp;quot; Step four? &amp;quot;Turn On Autopilot.&amp;quot;       "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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