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The cost savings are a domino effect. I calculated for example just the customer savings on a trans pac flight going from four to two pilots would save each customer $100. And that was just in direct and indirect labor costs. It ignores reduced managment footprint, less sims/training IPs, reduced sick/canceled/delayed flights, less worry on scheduling issues, less hotel rooms, the list is practically endless.
Any figures on contingency training to ensure a ground controller is sufficiently trained on specific or multiple airframes in case the single pilot is incapacitated? How about the supporting infrastructure for remote operations? Who pays? Operator or taxpayer? Would that be a one size fits all interface?
The salary for the single pilot should increase. He will have to come with substantial experience since in a single pilot environment there is no one to glean from. What level of experience would you want up front single pilot of a heavy jet if AI drops offline? Electronics are reliable, but not perfect. Every circuit is waiting for its moment to fail. Murphy odds are it won’t happen taxiing into the gate.
I probably have more questions than anyone has unicorn and rainbow answers.
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