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Airbus and Dassault Pushes for Single-Pilot Operations Amidst Rising Automation
PARIS — As technology evolves, plane manufacturers like Airbus and Dassault in Europe are championing the concept of planes being flown with a single pilot during most of a long-haul journey. This idea has not yet received widespread endorsement from their airline clientele. However, it's causing a stir among pilot unions, which argue that having less than two pilots onboard is a perilous venture. (www.airlinerwatch.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Hold their annual board and shareholder meetings on single-pilot aircraft. Give it a few years to prove the concept. Then come back and make a solid proposal.
Most companies have policies preventing too many key personnel from traveling together.
So they secretly fantasize Putler's after theM/ I can understand POTUS and VPOTUS not traveling together. But for the rest, if they're not willing to bet their lives on a technology, they have no business gambling with our lives.
Good idea.
I agree.
Let's poll the Pax, I suspect many (me included) would not feel safe on a single pilot commercial flight