Originally Posted by
galaxy flyer
I agree with all your points, Rickair777, especially the cost vs. reward calculation is weighted toward keeping the pilots. However, I remember navs in the overseas airlines and I was a F/E and remember the three-man committed deciding the issue of two-pilot cockpits. Look at where UAVs have gone in ten years—AR, shipboard traps. Technology has a habit of winning out on the cost argument. It’ll happen unless it doesn’t.
To the OP, I wouldn’t worry about simply because it’s unforeseeable and you can’t change it anyway. Flying is journey, NOT a destination.
GF
Huge difference between FEs and pilots. FE is a highly technical job that can be replaced by a computer. The pilot, mainly the PIC, is vested with a lot more than technical expertise; but with command ability. They make terminal decisions that affect the lives of many. That isn’t going away as easily as FEs anytime soon.