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Are Copilots' Days Numbered?

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"The aviation industry has been looking at the potential for single-pilot operations for quite some time to address concerns about future pilot shortages, but there are a number of technical, certification, and policy considerations that must be addressed along the way," said John Borghese, vice president of the Advanced Technology Center for Rockwell Collins. "Social acceptability must also be considered." (www.flyingmag.com) Mais...

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preacher1
preacher1 6
I think the folks at NASA have too much time on their hands and instead of passing out contracts to their buddies to try and figure out this single pilot business, or trying to figure out how to get to Mars, they ought to be figuring out how to get back and forth to a space station without being beholden to Russia.
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canuck44
canuck44 2
Or spend a little less time and a lot of money on Muslim Outreach and the Global Warming fraud.
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WALLACE24
WALLACE24 4
Muslims are doing all the outreach we can live with. Global warming should have sailed into the sunset with Gore.
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isardriver
isardriver 0
right on - on all above
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rayzeeman
Ray Zimmermann 2
Hell, why not go all the way and eliminate both pilots and make the bean counters really happy. I mean if they can fly RPVs in Afghanistan with the pilots in Nevada . . .
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preacher1
preacher1 3
Oh, it is something bean counters would relish and drool about, but I don't think they would know what a pilot shortage would be until they tried something like this. I can't think of any that would fly big iron solo.
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WtfWtf
WtfWtf 2
Let's get real. There is no pilot shortage. It's a PAY SHORTAGE.
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pilot62
Scott Campbell 1
It's all Gores fault yep - head to either pole champ
We don't need Gore for the obvious
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preacher1
preacher1 1
I have already expressed an opinion about NASA doing this. There is plenty in the pointey end of an airliner to keep 2 people busy.
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bassam
bassam 1
You are very correct that there is plenty of workload to keep two pilots busy in the cockpit. Pilots should stand up to the FAA to demand continuation of the two pilot policy.

Furthermore, I think the airline passengers should make their wishes known by refusing to fly in a single-pilot operation.

The possibility of this change is extremely worrisome.
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preacher1
preacher1 2
I think that between the pilot's union and the general public, that they will nip this in the bud and it will just turn into a waste of money by NASA to pursue it. Airline bean counters drool at the possibility of this, but past that, there was nor an airline requesting this. As I said in a earlier post, NASA needs to quit spending money we don't have giving contracts to their buddies, and quit thinking about Mars, and figuring out how to resupply a space station so we won't be beholding to the Russians.
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grinch59
Gene Nowak 1
One possibility Preacher. The entire commercial airliner is outfitted like a drone with a standby pilot on the ground in case the PIC has a heart attack. I don't think we can rely on there possibly being a pilot in the back.
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preacher1
preacher1 1
Well, in the story, that is basically what they are talking about, with pilot re-training and all. If this ever came to pass, it'll be way past my time so I ain't gonna worry about it. To completely re-outfit current cockpits and re-train pilots would cost so much, I doubt the airlines could afford it, even if they wanted too. Most of the drone size aircraft are single man operation anyway. Lot's of difference when you pull big iron up to the line. To truly work it, most are running checklists at least 1/2 hr prior to takeoff and nearly as much on landing, if you do it right and go all the way thru it.
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paultrubits
paul trubits 1
Drone: zero pilots. Big iron: two pilots. Government compromise: one pilot.
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eandrade1424
Ed Andrade 1
As much as I would be happy to say this will/should never happen I think all we need to do is look towards another transportation industry... railroads. In the "old days" you would have the engineer, fireman, and head-end conductor all in the cab. The fireman eventually went away after the transition from steam to diesel engines. And now a days, especially on commuter trains it is down to just the engineer in the cab. Some freight railroads have gotten wavers for 1 person operation and more are trying to go that route too. So never underestimate the power of the all mighty dollar.
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preacher1
preacher1 3
Plus an additional 2 brakemen and train conductor in the caboose. Commuter trains have long been 1 person in the cab with conductors in the cars. Long distance freight, at least out here on the UP and BNSF, have 2 in the cab, an engineer and one who is the train conductor but also does any switching needed.
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pilot62
Scott Campbell 1
Yep, the Global Warming Fraud, and its all a conspiracy people still haven't died off.
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hkoethler
hkoethler 1
#illuminati #WeStillInThis
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margeauxk
Margeaux K 0
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Pilots May Have to Fly Jetliners All Alone

Imagine peeking into a jetliner cockpit and seeing a single pilot in there, responsible for flying all of those people. Well, NASA wants to seriously consider that option with a new $4 million study, the Wall Street Journal reports.

http://www.newser.com/story/199999/nasa-considers-single-pilots-flying-jetliners.html
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