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Old 06-20-2017 | 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Mesabah
I would put the odds of single pilot aircraft in the next ten years at 99%
We've had those since 1903.

Single-pilot airliners would require levels redundancy and autonomy which doesn't currently exist (the former could be bought, the later we just don't know how to do yet).

Or they need a secure and redundant datalink, the likes of which only one example exists that I'm aware of: command and control of nuclear capabilities.
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