[QUOTE=AC560;2676066]Which they said about radio operators, navigators, and engineers when all those positions went away.
Technology is exponential and while it won’t happen next year it will happen and it will go fast just like FE’s went away. It wasn’t they long ago (maybe a decade) when you needed FE to get on with FX.[/Q
I agree with AC560 and Bahamasflyer. I remember when the B707 had the navigator, radio operator, and engineer positions. I also remember United Airlines and Western Airlines B737 having the flight engineer position.
Now the rules of how much flight time is needed and what type of flight time has made this career unpopular because it pays so little. No one is going to wait 10, 15, or 20 years for a return on their investment of a king's ransom!
Yes some cargo operators are looking into single pilot and remote control aircraft. Just a matter of time because money talks and everything else walks!