Originally Posted by
Crown
How do you figure there's no cost savings? By cutting out one pilot in 5 years, which is highly likely, you just reduced your cost by billions. By cutting out the other pilot in 15 years, the cost suddenly gets reduced to 0 dollars to pilot a plane. The technology pays for itself within a year, and the public doesn't care because ticket prices are lower. Plain and simple.
Come on. Single pilot in 5 years? There are planes under development and in early production that are two pilots that haven't even been delivered to airlines yet. A330neo, 777x, A321neo. Are they just going to be able to alter these planes that quickly and efficiently for single pilot ops? Keep dreaming...5 years. Not saying it's going to happen but we may have some time