Originally Posted by
Name User
That can be done by mx personnel, and arguably better and more through.
Much better done if there were cameras that looked down at the wing. I can't really see much on the ground. I can't even see the wing from the cockpit.
Here, often the Capts first indication of a gravely sick pax is an ACARS from dispatch telling them to divert and amending the release. Pilots are actually discouraged from making the decision.
The human eye is horrible at see and avoid. There are
inexpensive camera/software combos today that are being implemented now.
Studies have shown the probability of detecting a drone on final at under 10%. Depending on how the Iris testing goes and UAS growth, I can actually see a system like that being installed to supplement the ADSB/TCAS system.
Only because aircraft have been built to be operated by humans
Is that something only a pilot is trained to do?
Our FAs are trained to initiate an evacuation if needed.
But you don't need a pilot on board for that. You really don't need a pilot at all, just a trained "flight coordinator" that can be assigned to a particular flight. And then move on to the next after it pushes.
Many stations actually do not have maintenance, except for call out/contract. And your camera is going to be reliable in icing/snow conditions? What about when your camera for icing and drone detection fails? Will it be Fixed? Or continue the operation on MEL? You realize your technology can never be MEL’d . And the FAs may not know which engine has a fire indication. And I’ve never heard of dispatch informing us we have a medical. That is initiated from inflight. Last Medical I had (thankfully didn’t result in a diversion and thankfully the person was fine) we discussed how a certain airport (Denver?)wouldn’t work because hot conditions and we were heavy would result in go-around performance that wasn’t satisfactory. That was done after consulting our performance. Yes Dispatch and Medlink may make the divert decision, but how and where is going to have pilot input.
We can go back and forth, but you know what? Your addressed this thread ‘for the younger guys.’ But in reality, AI will grow exponentially and affect every job. Even Software Engineers, according to Elon Musk.
‘Least vulnerable to that job disruption will be individuals who can program AI software, Musk noted, recommending young people go on to study engineering.
But, even then, he said, “eventually the AI will just write its own software.”’
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/29/elon...tudy-this.html