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01-01-2020 | 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Andy

Soooo.... how does all of this square with the rumored single pilot ops within the next decade?
Both an age increase and single pilot ops are future possibilities. However, I suspect that they're mutually exclusive. And I'd expect single pilot ops to win out over an age increase.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/28/airb...lanes-cto.html

An FAA study got nixed on the last FAA reauthorization bill, but I'd expect it to continue to resurface:
https://www.aircargonews.net/technol...rization-bill/

Decades of CRM go out the window with one pilot. We and the people that regulate out jobs obviously have no idea how many mini decisions are made as a crew in a flight if they try single pilot. Did we learn nothing from captain van zanten?