Unicornpilot

Qotsaautopilot,

No troll (whatever that slang term means), just bullet point facts with public information on a topic of interest. Can you point to one fact that I wrote that is not true?

The issue is there is a worldwide shortage of pilots. Pilots are no longer receiving high performance aircraft training at the rate in years past, companies are cutting costs by training with iPads (memos), paper trainers and other devices. Simulators are running 24/7 almost everyday per year and there is not enough to keep up with demand.

The box is tightening and governments will no longer let pilots fly who are not trained to fly complex aircraft, e.g. the problems discovered in the B737-800 Max. Both with the MCAS and pilot experience.

There appears to be three ways to address the problem: A Multi Pilot Crew Certificate, increasing the mandatory pilot retirement age, and drone operations.

Fact - The organizations leading the effort to increase the mandatory pilot retirement age and the signatories of Pilots' Age limits Workshop were ICAO, International Air Transport Association (IATA - the trade group representing EVERY major airline), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Transport Canada, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority Australia (CASA), the Civil Aviation Authority New Zealand (CAA), and the Civil Aviation Authority Japan (CAA).

Click on this link to read this fact:

https://www.easa.europa.eu/sites/def...workshop_0.pdf

Fact - A few weeks after ICAO's meeting in LAS Vegas where the new Flight Duty Limit (FDL and Flight Duty Time (FDT) for the new reg were determined (80% of current FAR 117 limits for pilots operating under FAR 121) were established, for mer Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenberg spoke to NBC's Phil LeBeau at the Paris Air show.

Muilenburg told LeBeau he believes a growing pilot shortage represents "one of the biggest challenges" facing the airline industry.

Click the link below to read this fact and watch the interview:

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/17/boei...hallenges.html

Fact - Executives around the world now recognize the growing pilot shortage and the lack of qualified pilots, coupled with the thirst for air travel growth, with the stunning and remarkable story by aviation writer William Langewiesche on how inexperienced pilots cannot handle abnormal operation in current aircraft, has led the regulators to belief they must increase the pilot retirement age as a stop gap measure to prevent more loss of life and increase safety.

Click on the link below to read about Langewiesche's findings:

https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/exp.../#.XhIapUdKjct

Fact - The next step in the evolution of dealing with the inability of the world to train enough pilots is the rapidly move towards converting current airlines to single pilot ops and building new aircraft for single and no pilot operations.

The FAA has created an office a designated a Principle Operating Inspector (POI) for this evolution, which some would call

Click on the link below for the FAA's requirements to become a drone pilot as the industry moves to technology because of the pilot shortage.

https://www.faa.gov/uas/

Next, I will write more on the effect of drone pilots replacing cockpit pilots.

Furthermore, one way to slow down the thirst for drone pilots is to have more cockpit pilots available. What's the fastest solution to to reduce the need for drone pilots to back fill empty cockpits? Increasing the pilot mandatory retirement age and the lack of cockpit pilots.