My flight from Cincinnati to Columbus this weekend was interesting to say the least. First of all, it is such a short hop that ATC never let us fly above 10,000 feet. We had a great view of the state as we cruised along at 10,000 feet probably doing 300 knots or better. Secondly, after we landed the pilot informed us that we had just landed automatically. He explained that they have to test the automated landing computers once per month and that they had decided to use our flight to test it. I'm unsure if this had anything to do with our low cruising altitude or not, but you'd never have known it otherwise. I didn't even know that the aging MD-88s were equipped with such a device.