Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Yes. The only way you'll get single pilot is when the airplane is fully autonomous anyway. You'll just be a backup to the backups, until they have enough operational experience to show they don't need you, and the public will go for it.
Public acceptance may take decades, so in the meantime we could fool them with a curtain, sound effects, etc:
“I am Captain Oz, the great and powerful! Whooo are yooou?!
