Definition von automatic pilot im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
An automatic pilot or an autopilot is a device in an aircraft that automatically keeps it on a particular course
a cognitive state in which you act without self-awareness; "she went about her chores on automatic pilot"; "too much of the writing seems to have been done on automatic pilot"; "she talked and he dozed and my mind went on autopilot
If you are on automatic pilot or on autopilot, you are acting without thinking about what you are doing, usually because you have done it many times before