Originally Posted by
JohnnyBekkestad
I honestly don't think we will ever see single pilot. Perhaps, NO pilot at all. But never a single pilot. Specially as things are developing with the latest Air China crash. Or how many crashes that have been blamed on a single pilot locking out the other pilot.
That's a legit point. If a single pilot was there as a safety pilot for autonomy, he would need the ability to over-ride the autonomy unilaterally. Same with a ground-based safety pilot.
Maybe they come up with some scheme where the pilot cannot over-ride the automation unless an independent monitor system detects that the automation has allowed the aircraft to depart desired operating parameters (ex too low on GS). Or just keep two pilots until they've worked out all the bugs and have years of experience with full autonomy.