Originally Posted by
Wingtips
why? over time we can just keep making the plane smart enough to get out of it??
See Air France.
And to the above post about RJ's being much simpler systems-wise than a DC-8, 707, or 727..... of course they are. So is a 777, 747-400, 767, 757, 737, 717, A330, A340, A380, A320, and every other modern transport category airplane. Automation advances in 50 years.... enough to eliminate a crew-member.