Originally Posted by
SkyHigh
Well using your logic then what would be safer than two pilots who are completely liberated from having to fly the plane? Both of them could stare out the window looking for traffic.
In addition I don't know a lot about WAAS or free flight however it seems to me that they would work wonderfully with a fully automated and ground controlled aircraft. Often I have wondered when ATC was going to do away with clogged frequencies and the errors due to spoken communications. ATC could send instructions via land line/email to the UAV pilot on the ground.
Skyhigh
I think you've been out of the loop too long my friend. It's all about cost. Anyway, we have non-verbal comm already. Google CPDLC