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Today on CNBC
https://youtu.be/Z1AzomN0KjU
I recently talked to an FAA guy familiar with the pilotless certification process in DC. Said the FAA wants either two pilots or zero pilots. There probably won't be a step to just a single pilot.
That's what I've said all along. Single pilot airliners need FULL certifiable redundancy for zero pilot ops since incapacitation happens several times each year in the US alone.
They might well need to fly a fully automated airliner with one or two safety pilots for a very long time before turning them loose... especially if they use any sort of non-deterministic AI.