| The differences between TCAS and Tesla are even more extreme. > TCAS Resolution Advisory will give an attentive pilot a good 5 seconds to react in the worst case 5 seconds in order to avoid violating intruder's airspace, not to avoid actually hitting the intruder. AFAIK there's even then some additional buffer zone. Also, reading the list of actual TCAS advisories sheds additional light of the substantial differences: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_collision_avoidance_sy... Differences from Tesla / cars: 1. Almost all advisories actually tell the pilot what the problem is and what to do, not just that there's a problem. Tesla Autopilot basically has one advisory: "TA". 2. Almost all of the advisories resolve collisions by making one-dimensional maneuvers. Having an extra dimension allows you to substantially simplify the collision avoidance problem. 3. It's a safe bet (although not assumed) that both planes involved in a TCAS event are receiving advisories and cooperating with ground ATC. |