Originally Posted by
123494
The bigger question is, will it have two pilots or are they going to try and push single-pilot?
If anything, climate compliance efforts will absorb resources and delay any further reductions in flight crew complement.
Autonomy is nice-to-have (for management), but they can still make money without it. And it's hard to have a serious conversation about 121 autonomy with hundreds of jets grounded over MCAS.
Environmental compliance (carbon but also noise and other emissions) is very much a "must have" in the very near future.