Originally Posted by
Bucknut
Sioux City Accident: No procedure for what happened, AI can not reason like humans and that is what saved the day and why a human will always be in the flightdeck.
Yes but how many accidents has human error caused? Quite a few and nowadays it's the leading cause of accidents and incidents by a long shot. Our aircraft are so reliable now that it's pretty much the only thing that goes wrong that causes an accident.
The problem with drones/AI in aviation right now is they are forcing the adaptation into a human environment. We should be thinking the opposite - how to strip out the humans and make the whole apparatus a computer controlled system.
Technology is increasing at such a fast pace that things that don't seem reasonable or viable now will be an everyday thing. Just look at video calls, a decade ago they weren't even a thought and now for kids growing up today, it is their only type of phone call they know.
Just a guess but I'd bet within 30 years the piloting profession will be just like that of the navigator or flight engineer.