Originally Posted by
BlueScholar
Does that mean in the next 10 years I won’t need a babysitter while the other pilot takes a lav break?
Single seat ops will seem brilliant up until a single pilot plane crashes and wipes out decades worth of costs savings. There is plenty of data available on the crash rates of 2, 1 and 0 manned aircraft, and its is eye opening to say the least, and that’s before you talk about the security issues that come along with it.
I don't know? Really and truly that whole FA in the cockpit thing was just a knee jerk reaction to the Germanwings incident. And some foreign airlines have already moved away from it. Truth be told it's just like the TSA: more feel good security theater with little actual result. What's a flight attendant standing in the cockpit doorway going to do to stop a pilot determined to do something bad? You and I both know the answer to that.
Economics are the greatest driver to reduction in pilots. Safety will never be the determining factor. ALPA is playing a bad hand.