Originally Posted by
Fr8Master
And that is just talking about one country...now get every country those planes fly over to sign on to a single pilot type certificated wide body.
Well then, no worries at least for half or more of us - all is well time will tell. As far as the countries overseas, they’re playing mostly with the pilotless aspect just last year. That said, they will have to go from 1 before none up front. Plenty of small outfits flying single pilot Ops at a very reduced level of automation, granted not as much responsibility/insurance issues. With 1 pilot available there will always be someone to take the blame/flesh eating lawyers. Definitely will take many years but it will happen.
*Some of us will have enjoyed our travels enough to have killed that bug by retirement age so all is well. 1 Pilot plus Alexa 5.0 on board and a grounded 75+ yr old pilot (medical not required) to monitor/doze for dollars until their expertise is required than maybe we’ll take a couple of trips. Whom I kidding, if they can rip the kid away from playing Microsoft Flight Simulator 3000 for a few minutes, I’m in