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Passengers are kept informed about what is happening via messages on a screen and voice announcements. They are advised not to touch the controls, but to sit back and fasten their seat belts. Simplified buttons that appear on a touchscreen let them operate the radio and talk to air-traffic controllers directly.
乘客们可以通过屏幕上的信息和语音播报，得知最新的状况。建议乘客不要去控制飞机，坐在座位上，系好安全带即可。屏幕上有简单易懂的按钮，乘客们能使用无线电直接和空中交通指挥者直接联系。
After around 1,000 successful test landings, Autoland is now going into service. It is about to become a standard feature on the Piper M600/SLS, a six-seater singer-engined turboprop, and the Cirrus Vision Jet, a single-engined personal jet. Other aircraft are expected to follow. And Garmin is also looking at making a version which could be employed in smaller planes, such as those used at flying clubs.
在着陆测试成功大约1000次左右之后，自动着陆现在将投入使用。它将成为6座单引擎涡轮螺旋桨飞机派伯M600/SLS，和单引擎私人飞机西锐的标准特性。其他机型之后也有望装上自动着陆。Garmin也在想办法制作能在机型较小的飞机（比如那些在飞行俱乐部里使用的飞机）上使用的自动着陆系统版本。
Eventually, a beefier variant might also be developed for jet airliners. Though these operate with a co-pilots being taken ill—for instance with hypoxia caused by insufficient oxygen. In such a case a member of the cabin crew or a passenger might be able to switch the system on. Alternatively, it could be activated automatically or remotely.
最终，也许能研发出可运用于直升飞机航线的各种可靠的着陆系统。虽然这些直升机需要副飞行员来操作，再反馈给机长，但也由飞行员都突发疾病的情况发生，比如由氧气不足导致的缺氧。发生这类情况的时候，座位上的飞机工作人员或是乘客打开系统就好了。或者开启自动飞行或是远程控制也可以。
If an unsupervised system like this can fly and land an aircraft in an emergency, it does raise the question of why it should not do so routinely. Bailey Scheel, the manager of the project is firm that, for the moment, Autoland is purely an emergency system. Nevertheless, it does look like another step on the road to dropping the co-pilot—and eventually the pilot, too.
如果像这样无人监视的系统，能在飞机遇到紧急情况的时候控制飞机并安全着陆，那这里就有一个问题了，为什么这个系统不能在正常的情况下使用呢？该项目的经理贝利·谢尔明确的表示，现在的自动着陆系统仅仅时一个紧急情况应对系统。无论如何，这个系统似乎是迈向无副驾驶员的另一步，最终也不会再需要飞行员了。
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