Originally Posted by
jcountry
Probably not in our careers.
Airlines took a huge step forward with CRM. Why the hell take a huge step back.
A “pilot” on the ground is not worth half a crap. Single pilot is probably decades away-if at all.
If it were safe, why wouldn’t cruise ships do it? (God knows, cruise ship companies are 100% as cheapskates as any airline could ever dream to be.)
Ships do do this, they have harbor pilots that join the crew for docking the ship. They make the big bucks too, $400K is the average salary.
Single pilot is a threat to augmented crews, where widebody staffing would be reduced.