Originally Posted by
Mesabah
Single pilot operations are possible in the next 10 years, NASA is very close to finishing that program. However, it would require 1 pilot in the plane, and 1 pilot in the ground sim monitoring several flights. This means that, if it is going to be done, it will come to the regional airlines first. Cargo, won't spend the money on the new planes, majors won't do it without a test run, and corporate aviation is too small for a drone setup.
Maybe, they just discovered last week the basic secure exchange of the internet had been hacked and basically all passwords were compromised. It's going to take a long time to prove any of this **** is secure. This isn't free acars text, your talking controls of an airliner.
Will this guy monitor speed on approach of multi planes to make sure they don't stall? It sounds good, but there is a reason the cockpit is a two man setup.