Originally Posted by
untied
What happens in a "miracle on the Hudson" scenario?
How about Sioux City? All hydraulics lost and pilot skill saved most of the people.
What about suicidal pilots? How about suicidal remote operators?
What about EVERYTHING we've learned from CRM over the last 40 years? Are we just going to throw all that away?
LOTS of problems other than technology issues.
Swing and a miss.
Do ETOPS much? We're good for 3 hours on a single engine over the ocean or the Amazon...at night that's longer than the average state length for domestic ops.
Egypt Air, German Wings, JAL350, Silk Air, all pilot suicides with 2 or 3 pilots on board, and now maybe MH370.
No one is throwing anything away, cept maybe you.
CRM has taught us that most accidents are the result of human error, not the technology, hence the old joke about the single pilot and the dog.
Welcome to the 21st century. Sorry if it doesn't fit your style.
Drones oh gawd, the fighter pilots in the 70's just howled at the idea of a drone strike.. there would be missles going everywhere, airframes crashing into schools, "It will never happen" Know what percentage of AF pilots graduating get assigned to drones? HA
The study will happen... the crew complement will change in spite of some guy with a juvenile avatar dredging up all the old
failed arguments of the last 6 decades for changes in technology and crew complement.
All of your example imply NO onboard pilot complement. This discussion is about single pilot ops. Try to keep up.